That the gathering within is the most suitable means for the preservation of jealousy, this is now seen:

(1) The one who is gathered must burn, for he gathers all the forces into one, just as the scattered rays, when gathered in one point, reveal intense heat and kindle. And indeed, warmth is always connected with the assembly; the spirit here sees itself, as Nicephorus says, and plays with joy.

2) The assembled one is strong like an army arranged, or bundles of weak reeds bound. Like the girdling of the loins, it signifies readiness and strength to act. The undisciplined is always weak and either falls or does not do.

3) The collected one sees everything in himself. Those who are in the center see along all radii, see everything in the circle evenly and as if at once, and those who come out of the center see in the direction of only one radius; In the same way, he who is gathered within sees all the movements of his forces, sees and can control.

And the burning of the spirit is the strength and sight which constitute the true spirit of zeal, and which is composed of them. Therefore, it should be said: only be inward, and you will not cease to be jealous.

Takto is significantly inside! This means that one must labor in order to acquire it, for it does not appear suddenly, but in time and much searching. It is placed in the first place because it is a condition of spiritual life. Its perfection depends on the perfection of the three spiritual and three bodily deeds that produce it, namely, the attention of the mind with the inward turning of the eyes, the alertness of the will with the tension of the body, and the sobriety of the heart with the beating off of the pleasure and peace of the flesh. It will appear in full light when the purity of the mind is stripped of thoughts, the purity of the will from desires, the purity of the heart from attachments and passions. But even up to that time it is still an indwelling, although imperfect, immature, not continuous.

From this it is self-evident what means of non-initial indwelling, or better the only remedy: remove everything that can disturb the three deeds shown in their double combination, or everything that can distract outside the power of the soul, with the corresponding functions of the body: mind and feelings, will and muscles, heart and flesh. The senses are amused by external impressions, the mind by thoughts, the muscles are relaxed by the licentiousness of the limbs, the will by wishes, the flesh by rest, the heart by captivity or clinging to something. Therefore, keep the mind without thoughts, the feelings without distraction, the will without desire, the muscles without weakness, the heart without captivity, the flesh without pleasure and rest. And so, the condition and at the same time the means to inward abode: in the soul – the struggle with thoughts, desires and captivities of the heart; in the body there is its binding, and after them there is a change in the external order. Judging by this, all subsequent asceticisms, which will be directed towards the mortification of egoism, are at the same time means to inward abode.