The Reluctance to See the Truth About Our Elf

A moral conversion can be prompted in different ways. In augustine's life, it was a combination of interpreting an everyday event as a sign from heaven and hearing stories about people just like him who were able to leave their sin behind. After hearing these stories, augustine writes, but there was no way to flee from myself. If i tried to turn my gaze from myself, there was ponticianus telli what he was telling. And again you were setting me face to face with myself, forcing me upon my own sight that i might see my iniquity and loathe it.