From then on, at times I would experience different sensations in my heart and in my mind. Sometimes my heart would bubble over with such sweet delight and was filled with such lightness, freedom, and consolation that I was totally transformed and enraptured. . . . At other times I would experience the greatest inner joy from calling on the name of Jesus Christ, and I truly began to understand the meaning of His words: "The kingdom of God is within you."

— The Way of a Pilgrim , The Way of a Pilgrim by Gleb Pokrovsky, translator