According to the provided materials, the separation of a person from the Lord is perceived not so much as an intentional disunion as it is a consequence of sin—a state of losing the true connection with the Divine.

The Spiritual Path to Divine Reconnection

According to the provided materials, the separation of a person from the Lord is perceived not so much as an intentional disunion as it is a consequence of sin—a state of losing the true connection with the Divine. In the excerpt from file link txt it is stated:
"Sin is not necessarily about inflicting harm on someone; it is the separation of a person from God. How a person becomes separated from God—whether by using moonshine, playing cards, or in some other way—is not as important. It doesn’t matter what crime landed a person in prison—the main point is that they are in prison, that they are separated from the world. And any sin separates us from God.

So what is the purpose of Christian life?

Why did the Lord establish the Church? So that through the Church we dedicate our entire life to Him. So that everything we do, think, and say is in God."
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Thus, separation (or the loss of connection) with the Lord is portrayed as the primary result of sinful actions and the choice to live without the awareness of divine presence, which leads not only to spiritual but also social fragmentation.

As for the search for an unknown path to Him, this process is described as an inner quest, where the soul yearns to restore the lost connection with God despite the apparent impossibility of achieving this through ordinary, conventional means. For instance, in the excerpt from file link txt, a rhetorical question is posed:
"How will you seek that which you haven’t lost? How will you seek that which you do not even know? But the soul knows the Lord, and therefore it seeks Him..."
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This search is not reduced to mechanical efforts or adherence to established rules—it requires a profound inner turning, self-knowledge, and the willingness to let go of familiar concepts. Moreover, the mention of “the path of negations,” as described by Archpriest Georgy Florovsky in file link txt, points to the necessity of renouncing everything external, the familiar and the habitual, in order to approach that divine mystery where words and conventional knowledge give way to the immediate experience of union with God:
"Archpriest Georgy Florovsky. The path of negations corresponds to a spiritual ascent into that Divine abyss, where words fall silent, where all human knowledge and comprehension cease, where God..."
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Thus, the goal of separation is depicted as the result of losing the divine presence due to sin, whereas the search for an unknown path represents an endeavor to reestablish this connection through a deep inner process that transcends ordinary understanding and traditional methods.