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before. Now, could he describe, distinctly, everything that
he has seen? He could give a sketch, say a few things only

confusedly. Now, something similar happens when the soul
finds herself separated, and then back into the body I don’t
know whether I am speaking nonsense. Just as that poor
blind one would remain with the sorrow of the lost sight, the

same for the soul: she lives moaning and almost in a violent
state, because the soul feels always violently drawn toward

the Highest Good. The attraction toward Himself that Jesus
leaves in the soul is so great that the soul would like to remain
always attracted within her God. But this cannot be, and
therefore she lives as if she lived in Purgatory.

I add that the soul has nothing of her own in this state everything
is the operating that the Lord does.

2- Now I will try to explain the second way that Jesus has
in speaking; and it is when the soul, finding herself outside
of herself, sees the person of Jesus Christ, for example, as a

child, or crucified, or in any other attitude; and the soul sees
the Lord pronouncing the words from His mouth, and the
soul answers from her mouth. Sometimes it happens that

the soul begins to converse with Jesus, just as two intimate
spouses would do. However, the speaking of the Lord is very
moderate—just four or five words, and sometimes even just
one word; very rarely does it prolong a little bit. But in that

very little speaking—ah! how much Light He introduces
into the soul. I seem to see a little rivulet at first sight, but

in looking more closely, instead of a rivulet one can see
an Immense Sea. Such is one word spoken by Jesus; the
immensity of the Light that it leaves in the soul is such, that
in ruminating it thoroughly, she discovers so many things,

sublime and profitable for her soul, as to remain astonished.
I believe that if all the learned would unite together, they
would all remain confounded and mute at one single word of

Jesus. Now, this way is more suitable for the human nature,
and it can easily be manifested, because the soul, upon
entering herself, brings with her that which she has heard

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