actions
of
life,
such
as
breathing,
are
done
naturally,
without
thought,
rule,
or
measure;
and
they
are
done
unconsciously
by
the
person
who
does
them.
It
is
thus
with
the
mind
of
Christ
in
this
degree,
which
continually
develops,
as
the
soul
is
more
trans-formed
in
Him,
and
becomes
more
thoroughly
one
with
Him.
But
are
there
no
crosses
in
this
condition
?
As
the
soul
is
strong
with
the
strength
of
God
Himself,
God
lays
upon
it
more
crosses
and
heavier
ones
than
before;
but
they
are
borne
divinely.
Formerly
the
cross
charmed
it
;
it
was
loved
and
cherished
;
now
it
is
not
thought
of,
but
is
suffered
to
go
and
come
;
and
the
cross
itself
becomes
God,
like
all
other
things.
This
does
not
involve
the
cessation
of
suf-fering,
but
of
the
sorrow,
the
anxiety,
the
bitterness
of
suffering.
It
is
true
that
the
crosses
are
no
longer
crosses,
but
God.
In
the
former
stages,
the
cross
is
virtue,
and
is
exalted
more
and
more
as
the
condi-tion
is
more
advanced
;
here
the
soul
feels
it
to
be
God,
like
the
rest
;
all
that
constitutes
the
life
of
this
soul,
all
that
it
has,
moment
by
moment,
being
God
to
it.
