Kanon Jiwa 18
I have masturbated in a spiritual and demonic manner. It is a true physical masturbation but with spiritual and demonic baggage. I was deceived by the devil, I knew it was sin, but I deceived myself by telling myself that it is of God and it is not sinful. The story goes as follows. The devil appeared in my mind as a being of Christ, a union between my soul and God. That is the first heresy. Then the devil appeared nude to myself, and convinced me that it is alright to imagine God as a beautiful nude woman, that is the second heresy.
I knew that the second heresy and sin are in fact heresies and sins. Yet I deluded myself by saying hiddenly that it is alright for it is a "gift of God" or even worse, the "will of God". The devil knows my desire for physical intimacy and love, and even moreso how I desire that with God. Perhaps he read my mind and he then used it to destroy me. He presented himself as God, and made me doubt God's Word. And so I sinned in following the way of the devil. As such I am truly a sinner.
However, after the fact, God enlightened my mind. He made me understand that He does not act in that manner. That His communications to me are to be different that what I have experienced. That anything which leads me to sin is not of Him. That anything which leads me to doubt His Church, which is His mystical body, is not of God. Yet in my heart I do doubt. I have no real certainty whether the Church is Your body or not. I have no certainty whether Your Word is Your Word or not. I believe only by faith, o my God.
At this point, I am beginning to think that all inner voices are evil. That they can easily be thwarted by satan to destroy me. Prayers don't really work in fighting them. I believe the only strategy to defeat them is to ignore them and focus on God alone. I shall make a covenant with you oh Lord, that I ask of you to reveal to me a sign to confirm whether a voice is of You or not. Actually I ask of you to not communicate to me through inner voices, and instead by other means of mental communication. For inner voices are a worldly attachment and temptation. Hear me oh God. So I may not fall into sin.
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