INTROSPECTION

at the level of his own senses, or feelings. It doesn’t exist in reality; he has no power over anything outside of his own feelings. He exercises no power over anything outside of his own self. He exercises no power in the matters of life and death, the life support system, the divine court, etc. When a person discovers his total powerlessness, the feeling of helplessness is necessarily born within him. It is this feeling of helplessness which compels one to engage in introspection and it is in this discovery that the real secret of purification lies. o This introspective mentality is born out of a discovery— that of one's own helplessness.