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The Objective of The Evil and Holy Spirit

The document compares the objectives of the evil spirit and the Holy Spirit at different stages of spiritual development. The evil spirit aims to keep people stuck in pleasure and addictions through anxiety, false reasoning, and self-defecting movements. Meanwhile, the Holy Spirit encourages conversion through conscience, interim joy and hope, and a simple progression toward greater union with God. The stages discussed are the initial state of bondage, the second stage of striving to respond to God, and the third stage of listening and following God's guidance between options.

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The Objective of The Evil and Holy Spirit

The document compares the objectives of the evil spirit and the Holy Spirit at different stages of spiritual development. The evil spirit aims to keep people stuck in pleasure and addictions through anxiety, false reasoning, and self-defecting movements. Meanwhile, the Holy Spirit encourages conversion through conscience, interim joy and hope, and a simple progression toward greater union with God. The stages discussed are the initial state of bondage, the second stage of striving to respond to God, and the third stage of listening and following God's guidance between options.

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Center for Ignatian Spirituality Philippines (CIS Phil)

The objective of the evil spirit is different from the objective of the Holy Spirit
In each ‘stage’ of a person’s development, growth, commitment in grace:

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE OBJECTIVE OF


THE EVIL SPIRIT THE HOLY SPIRIT
Enemy of humanity Friend of Humanity

•sting of
Fixation (stuck) (the “first stage”: When a conscience
person is in a state of (remorse,
•maximize pleasure bondage ― cf. “First Week Conversion discomfort to
introduce
Rules” #314)
good into a
Stance of life:
movement
Maximize pleasure, addictions,
on God
paralysis

Turning back •encouragement


Adherence • interim joy,
(the “second stage”: when peace, hope
Through obstruction a person is striving to
•anxiety respond to God cf. “First And moving closer
• Week Rules” #315-#327)
•false reasoning
•self-defecting
movements

(the “third stage”: When a


Regression person is listening to and Simple progression
following God in choosing
Through diversion between “two good things”
―cf. “Second Week Rule” And greater union
#328 - #344, and “Rues
for Scruples” esp. #351)

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1979, 1982, 1990 Jesuit Center
For Spiritual Growth, Wernersville,
PA 19565

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