You must descend from
your head into your heart.

At present your thoughts of God
are in your head. And God Himself is,
as it were, outside you, and
so your prayer and other spiritual
exercises remain exterior.

Whilst you are still
in your head, thoughts will not easily be subdued but
will always be whirling about, like snow
in winter or clouds of mosquitoes in summer.

Saint Theophan the Recluse, (1815–1894) monk of the Russian Orthodox Church

photo alan Murray-Rust