[RobbyS]

And if that "spirit" is only you talking to yourself? Luther was wise enough to realize that there might also be another spirit involved in all this, the one that is unholy, which is the reason why the Church has always been suspicious of mystics and why Luther, I think, sought to avoid that trape. Alaternatively,allowing all good faith, there is something too psychological about this approach to the Scriptures, which is the reason I have rejected it. You find ypurself between the rock of intellectualization and the hard place of emotionalism.

[D-fendr]

Death

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee

Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so:

For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow

Die not, poor Death; nor yet canst thou kill me.

From Rest and Sleep, which but thy picture be,

Much pleasure, then from thee much more must flow;

And soonest our best men with thee do go.

Rest of their bones and souls' delivery!

Thou'rt slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,

And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell;

And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well

And better than thy stroke. Why swell'st thou then?

One short sleep past, we wake eternally,

And death shall be no more, death thou shalt die.

John Donne. 1573–1631

[hopefulpilgrim]

And if that "spirit" is only you talking to yourself? Luther was wise enough to realize that there might also be another spirit involved in all this, the one that is unholy

IMO then, there must be something very wrong with him if a child of God cannot tell the difference between the Holy Spirit within him and an unholy spirit, for God says that the sons of God are led by the Spirit of God (Rom. 8:14). They may not be perfect, but surely the Spirit of God indwelling them enables them to discern between Himself and an unholy spirit.

.... Alaternatively,allowing all good faith, there is something too psychological about this approach to the Scriptures, which is the reason I have rejected it.

God said it (what I quoted from 1 Cor.2); if you reject His Spirit and His leading, you reject Him.