tion
is
banished,
and
the
soul
would
find
a
difficulty
in
indulging
in
it,
even
if
it
desired
to
do
so.
But
as
by
an
effort
it
might
accomplish
it,
this
habit
should
be
scrupulously
avoided;
because
reflection
alone
has
the
power
of
leading
man
to
enter
into
himself,
and
of
drawing
him
out
of
God.
Now,
I
say,
that
if
man
does
not
go
out
of
God
he
will
never
sin
;
and
if
he
sin,
it
is
because
he
has
gone
out
of
Him,
which
can
only
be
the
effect
of
appropriation
;
and
the
soul
can
only
take
itself
back
from
its
abandon-ment
by
reflex
action,
which
would
be
to
it
a
hell
similar
to
that
into
which
the
great
angel
fell
when,
looking
with
complacency
upon
himself,
and
preferring
himself
to
God,
he
became
a
devil.
And
this
state
would
be
more
terrible
as
that
which
had
been
pre-viously
attained
was
more
advanced.
It
will
be
objected
that
suffering
is
impossible
in
this
condition,
not
only
as
to
the
centre,
but
also
as
to
the
senses,
because
in
order
to
suffering
therq
must
be
reflex
action,
and
it
is
reflection
which
con-stitutes
the
principal
and
the
most
painful
part
of
suffering.
All
this
is
true
in
a
certain
sense;
and
as
it
is
a
fact
that
souls
far
less
advanced
than
these
