Confronting your own inner “demons” is a scary thing to do and takes a lot of courage and intestinal fortitude.
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We don’t naturally confront our compulsions, our delusions, our shadow self. And it’s because their God talk is such a careful cover for yourself. And in my old age, I see it in myself. All the disguises of shadow are more and more clever, more and more clever. So you have to have a mirror. And that's all a good spiritual director is, but a spiritual mirror. And not just, I mean, I use a lot of psychology, as you can already tell, but not just the psychological mirror. 1