“ The value of dispassion for the spiritual life is very great. The man who has attained it has come close to God and united with Him. Communion with God shows that there is dispassion. Dispassion, according to the teaching of the Fathers, is “health of the Soul.” If the passions are the soul’s sickness, dispassion is the soul’s state of health. Dispassion is “resurrection of the soul prior to that of the body.” A Man is dispassionate when he has purified his flesh from all corruption, has lifted his nous above everything created, and has made it master of all the senses; when he keeps his soul in the presence of the Lord. Thus dispassion is the entrance to the promised land. The Spirit sheds its light on him who has approached the borders of dispassion and ascended, in proportion to his purity, from the beauty of created things to the Maker. In other words, dispassion has great value and is extolled by the Fathers, for it is liberation of the nous. If the passions enslave and capture the nous, dispassion frees it and leads it towards the spiritual knowledge of beings and of God.” ( Source )
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