Castle Building

"Castle building" that’s what Fenelon calls it.

"You're living in a log cabin, but you're building a 

castle in your mind. 

It is dangerous.

It might not feel dangerous, but there is one major 

problem with those seemingly harmless 

imaginations...they mostly benefit me, they put me 

in a good light, arrange a nice future for me.

And then there are those imaginary dialogues in 

which you always seem to come up with the wisest, 

wittiest things to say, leaving the other person 

somewhat in awe...of you

We are blinded to the Enemy's bait.

It is not just effecting you alone, thoughts 

detained in our minds leak out through our 

actions.

But there is Hope and a very effective cure!

It is possible to have a mind set on Jesus alone, 

where Reality reigns and the Spirit directs what 

is permitted in your mind and what is not.

What to do then, when you sense your mind 

beginning to wonder away to fantasies near or far?

'try and stop them forcefully and you might as well 

try to stop a torrent...'

Simply begin to change the way your mind views 

such imaginings. Don’t voluntarily except them.

Turn your mind to Jesus. And drop off castle building and become useful in another way. 

Above taken from Lessons through the Lens.

The above picture is from National Geographic Quotations are from Fenelon's Spiritual Letters to Women