The higher one climbs, as scientists tell us, the weaker gravity becomes, the less one feels the pull of the earth, the more the ties with it loosen, the easier it becomes to part from its demanding and assertive presence, the lighter one becomes.
But also, the closer one feels to the sky, which, though vague, is so real and so desirable! Though less tangible, it seems more real than the earth. The higher one climbs, the clearer the air becomes, the more refined the hearing, the wider the horizon, the more intense the relationship with the true. Truth is more convincing than reality...
The six texts in this volume explain how the monastic ethos refers to the ethos of the Cross and extend to the exploration of subtle internal movements - those movements that enable us to view our spiritual life as a holy mountain to ascend.