I saw on a TV program that in medieval times some extremely committed spiritual people volunteered to be walled up in a room permanently in their church . They had a window for food to come in to them , a window to see the alter and window facing outside the church for people to come and ask their advice about spiritual issues . There was no doorway in or out .The rest of the persons life was spent in prayer and meditation within their " cell " Imagine that level of commitment ! What mental or spiritual heights could you reach when life was void of all distractions ? Also what mental stress ? I now find they were called Anchorites . This is going somewhere.... I have a relation who used to live on a housing estate called Anchorite Fields ....
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