“He who has acquired perfect love for God goes through this life as if he did not exist. For he considers himself a stranger to all that is visible, and awaits with patience that which is unseen. He is completely transformed into love for God and has abandoned all worldly attachments.”
(St. Seraphim of Sarov, collected quotes at fatheralexander.org)
 

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