> Different people claim to have different spiritual insights.  If a
> ball rolls across the room, can you tell the difference between
> volition and poltergeist? Volition would indicate that the ball has a
> soul or is at least alive.
>
> Poltergeist would be some other spirit (in the case of poltergeist,
> evil) that moves the ball.  It's nice to pretend or even "make
> believe" that the ball moves by itself but if a poltergeist moves it,
> that is a whole different situation.
>
> How do you tell the difference between volition and poltergeist? Is it
> something that can be explained to other people.  I know some priests
> have spent many years in prayer trying to explain the Holy Eucharist
> to certain indiviuals and have been unable to.
>
> I spent a lot of time praying for a tree once between my house and the
> neighbor's and I was shocked once when I opened the window and the
> tree semed to have "moved" like in the Wizard of Oz. It grew right
> into my house.
>
> There is the theory that life is there all along, all you have to do
> is believe.
>
> C3