My son, my daughter,
Just as I gave to man a heaven for the good of his nature,
to his soul , which is more noble, I gave the Heaven of my Will.
Because the soul too contains precipices, heights and crags,
which are : passions, virtues, tendencies, and other things.
Now, if the soul moves out from under the Heaven of my Will,
– she will do nothing but fall from sin to sin,
– passions will drown her, and
– the heights of virtues will turn into abysses.
Just as everything would be disordered and infertile
on the earth without a heaven,
– the same for the soul without my Will.”