I have never seen a soul living in its experiences and occupied with itself, with whom the " I " had not a place, without the person's being aware of it, and even without his having a suspicion that it was so. The Lord Jesus, in His infinite grace, uses us, but it is a bad thing to be occupied with ourselves and not with Him, We do not become acquainted with ourselves by thinking about ourselves; for, while we think of Him, the " I " disappears; one is in the light, where one is not when occupied with oneself. 144