Koan #14: Destroying One's Self Slowly

One of the Devil’s and his demons’ greatest and most cunning tricks is to convince men to occupy their time with banalities, stupidities and trivialities—a task that men, it must be admitted, also do quite well on their own and without any additional assistance. In doing so, the Great Deceiver and his legions ensure that even though such men are not using their time to reflect upon him, at the same time such men are also not using their time to reflect on Him: the Lord Jesus Christ. And thus, through sheer facileness, personal indifference and self-imposed sloth, another soul is lost. One should not, therefore, engage in continuous banalities, lest it destroy one slowly, albeit as effectively as any sudden transgression.