The question then is How, precisely, am I to go about doing my part in the process of my own transformation? What is my plan? The answer to this question is, in general formulation: by practice of spiritual disciplines, or disciplines for the spiritual life. We may not know or use this terminology, but what it refers to is what we must do.
What is discipline? A discipline is an activity within our power—something we can do—that brings us to a point where we can do what we at present cannot do by direct effort. Discipline is in fact a natural part of the structure of the human soul, and almost nothing of any significance in education, culture, or other attainments is achieved without it. Everything from learning a language to weight-lifting depends upon it, and its availability in the human makeup is what makes the individual human being responsible for the kind of person he or she becomes. Animals may be trained, but they are incapable of discipline in the sense that is essential to human life.
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