"Not long ago I was glad that I felt the necessity, the naturalness and the joy of loving communication with all people, and now I understood that this feeling was secondary, and the primary one is the consciousness of loving communication not with people, but with the source of everything, with God. This feeling includes the first. I felt this deeply for several days, every moment I felt His closeness and lived under His gaze, fulfilling His will. Now the feeling has subsided, but I'm trying to renew it and hope.
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Not long ago I was glad that I felt the necessity, the naturalness and the joy of loving communication with all people, and now I understood that this feeling was secondary, and the primary one is the consciousness of loving communication not with people, but with the source of everything, with God. This feeling includes the first. I felt this deeply for several days, every moment I felt His closeness and lived under His gaze, fulfilling His will. Now the feeling has subsided, but I'm trying to renew it and hope.
""Nu demult mă bucuram că simțeam pregnant, vital necesitatea, firescul și bucuria comunicării iubitoare cu toți oamenii, iar acum am înțeles că acest sentiment era secundar, iar cel primar este conștiința comunicarii iubitoare nu cu oamenii, ci cu izvorul tuturor, cu Dumnezeu. Acest sentiment îl include pe primul. Am simțit pregnant asta timp de cateva zile, în fiecare clipă simțeam apropierea Lui și trăiam sub privirea Lui, îndeplinind voia Sa. Acum sentimentul s-a mai atenuat, dar încerc să-l reînnoiesc și nădăjduiesc."