Where are you on the path: Illuminative Way → Full Enlightenment → Spiritual Age 16
What happens in the soul?
The soul begins to live habitually under a clearer, stable and deeper inner light. At this age the soul acquires a special ability to more easily distinguish the origin and meaning of events in the soul’s own life. At the same time, the soul’s knowledge of the soul’s own interior grows: the soul can better monitor the soul’s thoughts and desires and recognize more clearly what is happening inside the soul. This new light also reaches your relationship with others, as you begin to better understand other people’s intentions.
The action of the Good Lord
the Good Lord illuminates the interior of the soul and grants it a deeper spiritual understanding. Consciousness becomes clearer; knowledge of one’s own heart increases and a supernatural vision of reality begins to develop. The soul thus begins to understand events that may have previously been confusing and to better recognize its own inner movements.
How do you live?
In everyday life, greater prudence and good judgment begin to manifest. The person understands more clearly what is happening in their life and can look at events with a depth that they did not have before. A great inner silence becomes present, accompanied by serene clarity and a deep peace that can be maintained even during trials. The person becomes more aware of what is happening within them and of the events that also affect those close to them. Life begins, little by little, to be lived from that luminous stability that characterizes full Enlightenment.
The prayer
Prayer continues to grow in interiority. They increase inner silence, peace and the desire to meet the Good Lord. Prayer is within a process that, throughout full Enlightenment, will advance until reaching the prayer of the heart.
Signs that may accompany this age
• Greater inner silence.
A phrase to remember
“Watch your thoughts and desires.”
Where does it lead
Vigilance allows us to recognize more clearly what is happening within and around the soul. The next step will be even deeper: discerning what God’s will is and recognizing what pleases Him. Age 17 — Discernment of the spirit →