Libro Segundo — Capítulo 25
The Third Song of the Night
This section introduces and presents the third stanza of the poem, which describes the soul's secret, illuminated journey through the dark night.
In which the third song is briefly explained. Third Song In that happy night, in secret, for no one saw me, nor did I look at anything, with no other light or guide but the one that burned in my heart.
Read the original Latin
En que brevemente se declara la tercera canción.
CANCION 3ª
En la noche dichosa, en secreto, que nadie me veía, ni yo miraba cosa, sin otra luz y guía sino la que en el corazón ardía.
Dark Night of the Soul companion
A daily portion of stillness
Chosen Portion delivers one short contemplative reading and a guided moment of silence each day — the ascent, one step at a time.
Chosen Portion is the paced doorway into this collection: it portions the dense mystical treatises into one daily reading plus guided silence, exactly as the 14-day plan teaches.
- Daily bite-sized excerpts from the contemplative classics, never a wall of text
- A built-in timed stillness practice that grows from 2 minutes to 10
- Gentle progression through the tradition — the app remembers where you are on the ascent