There exists a state of resting in God, a complete interruption of all intellectual activity, where a person harbors no plans, makes no decisions, and for the first time truly ceases to act. They simply entrust their future to God's will and "submit to fate." I myself have experienced this state to some extent. It was brought to me by life experiences, during which I completely exhausted my energies, all my spiritual resources dried up, and I lost the ability to act. "Resting in God" is, however, vastly different from a state of inertia caused by a lack of life energy. While the latter state is the "calm of death," the former brings a feeling of unimaginable safety... it fills me with life to the extent that I surrender myself to it...
(Teresa Benedicta of the Cross /1891–1942/, Psychische Kausalität, 1918–19)
