We read the world through our distorted lens

It's up to us to take care of our inner state so we don't add to the conflict of the world.

“If there is an obstacle within ourselves while trying to find this rest in the midst of the world's many trials, these trials will be painful and almost impossible to bear.”

I struggled for a while with these paragraphs because St. Teresa mentions having a “loud noise” in her head—where she believes is where the superior part of the soul resides. She tr…