Ref#21: Attachment
'The soul that is attached to anything, however much good
there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of divine union.
For whether it be a strong wire rope or a slender and delicate
thread that holds the bird, it matters not, if it really holds it fast;
for, until the cord be broken, the bird cannot fly. So the soul, held
by the bonds of human affections, however slight they may be,
cannot, while they last, make its way to God.'
Saint John of the Cross
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