“Ignatius teaches very simply and powerfully that if we are ready to resist him, we will see that the power of the enemy has never been more than a façade; it will collapse before us. With astonishment, like Paul, we will say, “I can do all things in him who strengthens me” (Phil 4:13). As we have said so many times in these reflections, all of Ignatius` teaching on the discernment of spirits is charged with hope” (Gallagher, DS, 183). Rules 3 and 4 = focuses on the two basic spiritual movements of the heart – the “material” or the “thing” of distinction. Rules 1 & 2 = focuses on the action of both spirits in relation to the basic direction of a person`s spiritual life.