St. Gregory of
Nyssa
speaks about the uncreated Image in the soul when he recognises “inside man the
beauty of the spiritual nature of God himself, united with some power that is
beyond our understanding”.[2]This is why he says also that man “had
the leadership of the creatures already before he was created and came to
existence”.[3]
"Let the Holy Scriptures guide our thought, which gives us a law to understand that
the soul has
nothing of her own, not being also a property of God.[4]
St. Symeon the New
Theologian
writes that "the deep of the Holy Spirit is not like the deep of sea waters, but
living water of eternal life. In there everything is inconceivable, ineffable and
unperceivable; ... in there our mind moves and turns without motion".[5]
St. Maximus Confessor
writes that "the mind has power and authority to follow or resist anything he wants
whatever".[6]
St. Basil the
Great speaks about "the hidden in us spark of the divine desire, ... the
loving power, which has been granted to us with the first spring of
Creation".[7]
