It is not easy to discern most of the times when dreams or visions come from God, from demonic energy or from natural events.
That is why special attention is needed for their acceptance or not, which most of our instructors and ascetics have pointed out.
Thus, according to these fathers, the dream, the vision and the miracle still do not appear clearly in front of us, rather their interpretation and evaluation are not made by themselves but depend on our own circumstances: depending on the degree we also have an evaluation of the above phenomena. This means that the interpretation we give may be the reason for the progress or the retreat in our spiritual life, since the interpretation will be colored by the content of our heart. Thus, it is sometimes not a vision, for example, considered to be derived from God, while in reality it is a demonic inspiration, as it may be the other way. The first reason for these issues, therefore, is, as we have said, the virtue of discrimination.
That is why special attention is needed for their acceptance or not, which most of our instructors and ascetics have pointed out.
Thus, according to these fathers, the dream, the vision and the miracle still do not appear clearly in front of us, rather their interpretation and evaluation are not made by themselves but depend on our own circumstances: depending on the degree we also have an evaluation of the above phenomena. This means that the interpretation we give may be the reason for the progress or the retreat in our spiritual life, since the interpretation will be colored by the content of our heart. Thus, it is sometimes not a vision, for example, considered to be derived from God, while in reality it is a demonic inspiration, as it may be the other way. The first reason for these issues, therefore, is, as we have said, the virtue of discrimination.
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