Without his grace, however, it is very difficult and almost, I should say, quite beyond you. And so diligently persevere until you feel joy in it. For in the beginning it is usual to feel nothing but a kind of darkness about your mind, or as it were, a cloud of unknowing. You will seem to know nothing and to feel nothing except a naked intent toward God in the depths of your being. mythoughts, thoughtsofgod, thoughts of God, David Reese