DECEPTION
"How shall we distinguish the true mystic from the false"? asked the disciples who had an inordinate interest in the occult.
"How do you distinguish the true sleeper from the one who is feigning sleep"? asked the Master.
"There's no way. Only the sleeper knows when he is feigning", said the disciples.
The Master smiled.
Later he said, "The feigning sleeper can delude others - he cannot delude himself. The false mystic, unfortunately, can delude both others and himself.
MORSEL:
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced - even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has illustrated it. -- John Keats (1795-1821)
joewade
I enjoy your posts Navigate. I like your collections on "The lives of The Saints". Although I don't think you have written about him, I particularily like Augustine who said "God, give me chastity and continence - but not just now."
Joe.