Tell me the shortest way to the decision to go to the monastery?

Question: Tell me the shortest way to the decision to go to the monastery?

Answer: This is a disposition of the soul when a person feels that there is no other way for him, that this is the only way when a person no longer chooses, when there is no choice as such. But, in general, one must be careful in this regard. Previously, monasticism was given after numerous trials, moreover, difficult trials, only after passing through them, as they pass through the filter, those who came to the monastery could stay there and accept monasticism. In this regard, it is better to show slowness than haste, and the monastic life should begin here in the world.

Archimandrite Raphael (Karelin)