The Spiritual Life and How to Be Attuned to ItOnce, in the middle of the dance floor at some annual ball, a young lady had a sudden glimpse of the immortality of her soul; and as this vision flashed upon her inward eye, she was struck with the thought that all this swirling around the dance floor was utterly futile. Amazed and disturbed, she wrote to the recluse: Is this normal, or is it a morbid hindrance to a desire for a happy life in the world? The answer to her question evoked the

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Maximos Constas is Professor of Patristics and Orthodox Spirituality at Holy Cross School of Theology in Brookline

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