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(see also: Time). The body, exhausted by illnesses, requires rest, tranquility, the soul, having seen enough of the vanity of everything temporary, wants to be with itself, eternity opens up before it, it prepares for the path of its fathers, it finds a need, an extreme need for this preparation, the time of the rest of my life has shortened and disappeared before it. To eternity! To eternity! There are eyes, thoughts, and heart. 5. Whoever has death and eternity before his eyes, the indispensable, inevitable destiny of every person, laughs at both sorrows and earthly sweets. Whoever the enemy steals the memory of death and eternity, before his eyes, temporary life grows into eternity, sorrows grow into immeasurable, invincible giants. Only the monk remembered death - the giants fell to dust, the curtain that closed eternity from him was pulled back: before him were earthly events, like activities, amusements, punishments of children! To eternity! To eternity! - Let's go, rushing along the path of life! Everything, both sweet and bitter, remains with us. It’s as if the past never happened. One eternal thing is not subject to time, is not subject to change, must be recognized as essential, worthy of all attention, all concerns, because it remains forever. The devil tries to entertain our eyes so that eternity slips away from our eyes. She slipped away - and the man struggles, suffers in the nets of the catcher. Spiritual intelligence, which is humility, cuts through these networks. “Remember your last and you will never sin” (Sir.7:39) neither by murmuring against the blessed yoke of Christ, nor by exhaustion in the desired and glorious monastic feat. “He who endures to the end will be saved” (Matthew 10:22). “Whoever hesitates,” says God, “My soul has no pleasure in him” (Heb. 10:38). 110. You might be interested in: