As
a
person
who
only
masticated
an
excellent
meat
would
not
be
nourished
by
it,
although
he
would
be
sensible
of
its
taste,
unless
he
ceased
this
movement
in
order
to
swallow
it
;
so
when
the
affection
is
stirred,
if
we
seek
continually
to
stir
it,
we
extinguish
its
fire,
and
thus
deprive
the
soul
of
its
nourishment.
We
must
swallow
by
a
/oving
repose
(full
of
respect
and
confidence)
what
we
have
masticated
and
tasted.
This
method
is
very
necessary,
and
would
advance
the
soul
in
a
short
time
more
than
any
other
would
do
in
several
years.
But
as
I
said
that
the
direct
and
principal
exercise
should
be
the
sense
of
the
presence
of
God,
we
-must
most
faithfully
recall
the
senses
when
they
wander.
This
is
a
short
and
eflScacious
way
of
fighting
with
distractions;
because
those
who
endeavour
directly
to
oppose
them,
irritate
and
increase
them;
but
by
losing
ourselves
in
the
thought
of
a
present
God,
and
suffering
our
thoughts
to
be
drawn
to
Him,
we
combat
them
indirectly,
and
without
think-ing
of
them,
but
in
an
effectual
manner.
And
here
let
me
warn
beginners
not
to
run
from
one
