The Spiritual Man

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The Way of Deliverance
When One’s Mind Has fallen victim to the
phenomena discussed in the previous chapter, he should
seek the way of deliverance. What was described in that
chapter were but general symptoms of a passive mind.
We cannot set forth everyone’s condition in detail
because there are variations in the degree of passivity, the extent of
the evil spirit’s attack, and hence the measure of damage to the mind.
Nevertheless it should be stated that as soon as one realizes he has
encountered any of the aforementioned phenomena, he must exercise
extreme caution because he may have given ground to evil spirits and
so is being assaulted. He should look for deliverance.
Few are the believers who are not surprised at their ignorance of
the damage done to their mind. It is on the contrary a matter of great
surprise to them that they have been unconscious of the fallen
condition of their organ of thought. They seem to understand a lot
about many matters, but in regard to their own mind they know next
to nothing. They do not even realize how serious has been the
damage inflicted until someone else has pointed it out to them. Why
have these not discerned it before? Is it not that this very lack tells us
that our mind and the evil spirits possess some special relationship
which consequentially weakens our knowledge concerning our
mind? Let any who have suffered such damage answer this question.
The Wiles of the Evil Spirits
If his eyes have been opened to see his condition, the believer will
naturally search for deliverance. Realize, though, that the evil spirits
are not going to let their captives go free without a fight. They will
apply every ounce of strength upon the person to prevent him from
securing deliverance.