reflection is so delicate that usually if the soul desires or tries to experience it, it cannot do so. For, as I say, this contemplation is active while the soul is in idleness and unconcern. It is like air that escapes when one tries to grasp it in one’s hand. When spiritual persons cannot meditate, they should learn to remain in God’s presence with a loving attention and a tranquil intellect … For little by little and very soon the divine calm and peace with a wondrous, sublime knowledge of God,