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Of these it is said that their backs are turned toward the Temple
because when the soul, according to these three faculties, completely and perfectly
embraces anything that is of the earth, it can be said to have its back turned toward
the Temple of God, which is the right reason of the soul, which admits within itself
nothing that is of creatures.

From this we are to learn that all created things are crumbs
that have fallen from the table of God. Wherefore he that feeds ever upon¹²¹¹²¹[Lit., ‘he that goes feeding upon.’]<script type="text/javascript"><!--
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children, because they desire not to rise above feeding upon the crumbs, which are
created things, to the Uncreated Spirit of their Father. Therefore, like dogs, they
are ever hungering, and justly so, because the crumbs serve to whet their appetite
rather than to satisfy their hunger.