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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE RECORDED EXHORTATION OF THE DYING ELDER ZOSIMA \nAn excerpt from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky6 ◊◊◊ \nRemember especially that you cannot be the judge of anyone. For there can be no judge of a criminal on earth until the judge knows that he\, too\, is a criminal\, exactly the same as the one who stands before him\, and that he is perhaps most guilty of all for the crime of the one standing before him. When he understands this\, then he will be able to be a judge. However mad that may seem\, it is true. For if I myself were righteous\, perhaps there would be no criminal standing before me now. If you are able to take upon yourself the crime of the criminal who stands before you and whom you are judging in your heart\, do so at once\, and suffer for him yourself\, and let him go without reproach. And even if the law sets you up as a judge\, then\, too\, act in this spirit as far as you can\, for he will go away and condemn himself more harshly than you would condemn him. And if\, having received your kiss\, he goes away unmoved and laughing at you\, do not be tempted by that either: it means that his time has not yet come\, but it will come in due course; and if it does not come\, no matter: if not he\, then another will know\, and suffer\, and judge\, and accuse himself\, and the truth will be made full. Believe it\, believe it without doubt\, for in this lies all hope and all the faith of the saints. \n…Have faith to the end\, even if it should happen that all on earth are corrupted and you alone remain faithful: make your offering even so\, and praise God\, you who are the only one left. And if there are two of you who come together thus\, there is already a whole world\, a world of living love; embrace each other in tenderness and give praise to the Lord: for his truth has been made full\, if only in the two of you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you yourself have sinned\, and are sorrowful even unto death for your sins\, or for your sudden sin\, rejoice for the other\, rejoice for the righteous one\, rejoice that though you have sinned\, he still is righteous and has not sinned. \nIf the wickedness of people arouses indignation and insurmountable grief in you\, to the point that you desire to revenge yourself upon the wicked\, fear that feeling most of all; go at once and seek torments for yourself\, as if you yourself were guilty of their wickedness. Take these torments upon yourself and suffer them\, and your heart will be eased\, and you will understand that you\, too\, are guilty\, for you might have shone to the wicked\, even like the only sinless One\, but you did not. If you had shone\, your light would have lighted the way for others\, and the one who did wickedness would perhaps not have done so in your light. And even if you do shine\, but see that people are not saved even with your light\, remain steadfast\, and do not doubt the power of the heavenly light; believe that if they are not saved now\, they will be saved later. And if they are not saved\, their sons will be saved\, for your light will not die\, even when you are dead. \n…When you are alone\, pray. Love to throw yourself down on the earth and kiss it. Kiss the earth and love it\, tirelessly\, insatiably\, love all men\, love all things\, seek this rapture and ecstasy\, treasure it\, for it is a gift from God\, a great gift\, and it is not given to many\, but to those who are chosen. \n  \n\n\n6 Dostoevsky\, Fyodor. The Brothers Karamazov. Trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf\, 1992. 320-322. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
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