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Soul. The irritable and lustful part of the soul (page 2, p. 12; page 4, page 20). – The removal of the soul from the world and its silence naturally prompt it to the knowledge of God’s creatures, and from here it ascends to God (f. 3, p. 17). – What leads a person to discern the nature of the soul and natural thoughts? (sn. 3, p. 17). – The soul is passionless by nature (sl. 3, p. 18). – What is the nature of the soul? (sn. 3, p. 18). – The connection between the soul and the body (sl. 3, p. 19). – What is a state of mind: natural, unnatural and supernatural? (sn. 4, p. 19). – Lust and irritability are characteristic of the soul even without bodily nature (page 4, p. 20). – The health of the soul is a virtue, and the illness of the soul is passion (page 4, p. 20). – Mutual relations between soul and body (page 4, pp. 21–23). – The soul, elevated above the care of the body, blooms entirely in spirit (f. 4, p. 23). – And with its high spiritual structure, the soul does not forbid the body to remember what is characteristic of it (f. 4, p. 23). -What does a pure soul deserve? (sn. 8, p. 39). – Souls, while defiled and darkened, cannot see either each other or themselves (fol. 17, p. 69). – After being cleansed from passions, the human soul can see the souls of others and distant things (fol. 17, pp. 69–70). – How can human nature see the nature of the bodiless? (fn. 18, pp. 71–72). – What does it mean: to lose your soul for the sake of the Lord? (fn. 21, p. 84). – Silence is the beginning of the purification of the soul (page 21, pp. 91–92). – What are the signs of spiritual fruit in the soul? (fn. 21, pp. 92–93). What does the resurrection of the soul mean, which Ap speaks of? Paul? (fn. 21, p. 94). – How do the three degrees of knowledge act on the soul? (fn. 28, pp. 129–130). – Continuous study of Scripture is light for the soul (fol. 30, p. 133). – In what way is the soul compared to a ship and an army? (fn. 38, p. 164). – The strength of the soul is tested in victory over passions that fight against thoughts (fol. 45, p. 191). – If the soul does not become friends with the passions by thinking about them, then they cannot prevail over its spiritual feelings (f. 48, p. 211). – How does humility affect the soul, and how does exaltation act? (fn. 48, p. 211). – Without purity from passions, the soul cannot be healed from the ailments of sin (fol. 54, p. 240). – What happens to a person when he achieves purification, that is, health of the soul? (fn. 54, pp. 240–241; fn. 55, p. 254). – What medicine is for a sick body, the commandments are for a passionate soul (fol. 55, p. 242). – Purity and mental health are the kingdom of the soul, and when do we enter it? (fn. 55, p. 255). – One should not ask for this kingdom prematurely (fol. 55, p. 256). – Evil is an illness of the soul (page 55, p. 258). – The soul, while it is sick with passions, cannot feel the spiritual and does not know how to lust for it (fol. 55, p. 258). – The secret doing of the commandments heals the strength of the soul (fol. 55, p. 258). – What is the legal acquisition of health of the soul? (fn. 55, p. 259). – The soul that loves God has its rest in Him alone (f. 56, p. 276). – Bodily work precedes mental work (fol. 56, p. 276; f. 85, p. 410). – It is better to resurrect the soul from passions than to resurrect the dead (fol. 56, p. 281). – A soul bound by multi-care cannot abide in the Divine teaching (f. 56, pp. 285–286). – God allowed the soul to be accessible to the passions for the benefit (fol. 58, p. 307). – In what (three) ways can a rational soul approach God? (fn. 58, p. 307). – What is the sign that the soul is approaching its exit from darkness? (fn. 58, p. 316). – What benefit does the soul receive by always learning to remember what is due? (fn. 75, p. 376). – As temptations and sorrows occur, the soul receives gifts from God (page 78, pp. 387–388). – Purification of the soul is liberation from secret passions that arise in the mind (page 81, p. 396). – What are the reasons for the darkening of the soul? (f. 85, pp. 408–409, 411). – A stingy soul is deprived of the wisdom of the Spirit, but a merciful soul is made wise by the Spirit (fol. 85, p. 409). – Peace and idleness harm the soul more than demons (page 85, p. 411). – When the soul is intoxicated with the joy of hope, the body does not feel sorrow, even if it is weak (f. 85, p. 412). – The first thought that guides the soul to life is the thought of death (fol. 86, p. 413). – God does not leave the soul darkened for a long time, so that it does not lose Christian hope (fol. 88, p. 417). – Grace does not suddenly come in fullness and settle in the soul, but gradually (fol. 88, p. 418). – God leads a soul weak for achievement to virtue through involuntary sorrows (f. 91, p. 433). – A grieving soul attracts God’s love for mankind (fol. 91, p. 433). This index is based on the index appended to the works of St. Isaac the Syrian, published by Optina Pustyn in 1854. * “Ascetic words.” Reprint. Sergiev Posad. 1911. 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