All the virtues co-operate with the intellect to produce this intense longing for God, pure prayer above all. For by the soaring towards God through this prayer the intellect rises above the realm of created things. (Maximos the Confessor)
There is an intense longing for completion, wholeness, fulfillment.
There is an intense longing for healing, for wounds to be closed, for scars to fade.
There is an intense longing for purpose to be revealed and achieved.
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Your post appeared as a Google alert that I have set up for "longing for God". I am studying the topic out loud here:
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