“For we have already said: pure contemplation consists in receiving.”
John of the Cross
To the card
The longer section describes receiving what God communicates in contemplation, as opposed to one’s own sensory and discursive activity. Receiving here refers to God’s communication.
Source
John of the Cross · Llama de amor viva, version B · commentary on the third stanza, section 36, final sentence
https://www.clerus.org/bibliaclerusonline/es/jvg.htm
Rights
Original text in the public domain; English version: own rendering.
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