Again, there is the person who has reached perfection on the level of the soul

only a little of it has begun to stir in him. | While he is fully in the mode of life of the soul | every now and then it happens that some stirrings of the spirit arise indistinctly in him | and he begins to perceive in his soul a hidden joy and consolation | like lightning flashes and by way of example, particular mystical insights arise and are set in motion in his mind. | At this his heart at once bursts out with joy. | Even if (his heart) becomes covered over again, and is blocked off from this | yet it is evident that his mind is nonetheless filled with hope. | 20.19, p. 111