more
the
torrent
loses
itself
in
the
sea,
the
more
it
is
enlarged,
having
no
other
limits
than
those
of
the
sea
:
it
participates
in
all
its
properties.
The
soul
becomes
strong
and
firm
:
it
has
lost
all
means,
but
it
has
found
the
end.
This
divine
life
becomes
quite
natural
to
it.
As
it
no
longer
feels
itself,
sees
itself,
or
knows
itself,
so
it
no
longer
sees
or
under-stands
or
distinguishes
anything
of
God
as
distinct
or
outside
of
itself.
It
is
no
longer
conscious
of
love,
or
light,
or
knowledge
;
it
only
knows
that
God
is,
and
that
it
no
longer
lives
except
in
God.
All
devotion
is
action,
and
all
action
is
devotion
:
all
is
the
same;
the
soul
is
indifferent
to
all,
for
all
is
equally
God.
Formerly
it
was
necessary
to
exer-cise
virtue
in
order
to
perform
virtuous
works
;
here
all
distinction
of
action
is
taken
away,
the
actions
having
no
virtue
in
themselves,
but
all
being
God,
the
meanest
action
equally
with
the
greatest,
provided
it
is
in
the
order
of
God
arid
at
His
time
:
for
all
that
might
be
of
the
natural
choice,
and
not
in
this
order,
would
have
another
effect,
lead-ing
the
soul
out
of
God
by
unfaithfulness.
Not
that
it
would
be
brought
out
of
its
degree
or
its
