As for the general and the sovereign, it varies depending on the situation. If I invoke a saint or a god to help with a problem, I am the sovereign and the spirit is the general, insofar as Sun Tzu enjoins the sovereign not to interfere with the work of the general in the field. But in the work of spiritual development, your patron deity is the sovereign, and your will is the general. And the distinction that you give works too.
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Date: 2021-03-16 06:49 pm (UTC)As for the general and the sovereign, it varies depending on the situation. If I invoke a saint or a god to help with a problem, I am the sovereign and the spirit is the general, insofar as Sun Tzu enjoins the sovereign not to interfere with the work of the general in the field. But in the work of spiritual development, your patron deity is the sovereign, and your will is the general. And the distinction that you give works too.