Three especially sublime benefits
are harvested in the soul by these raptures.
The first is knowledge of the greatness of God.
The more we see of this greatness,
the more deeply conscious we become.
The second is humility through self-knowledge.
How can something like the soul,
so limited by comparison to the creator of such magnificence,
dare to dishonor him?
In this state, she can scarcely raise her eyes to him!
The Third is a loss of appetite for worldly things.
Her only interest in the things of the world
lies in their capacity
to be used in the service of such a great God.
~St. Teresa of Avila
Interior Castle (on rapture)
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