A brother asked Abba Cronius...

…”What should I do to correct the forgetfulness which enslaves my spirit, and prevents me from perceiving anything until I am led into sin?”” The old man said, ““When the foreign people took possession of the ark because of the evil manner of life of the sons of Israel, they drew it until they brought it into the house of Dagon, their god, and then he fell to the ground,” (I Samuel 5).” The brother said, ““What is the meaning of that?”” The old man said, “”If the demons attempt to capture a man’s spirit through his own impetus, they draw him in this manner until they lead him to an invisible passion. Then, at that point, if the spirit returns and seeks after God and if it remembers the eternal judgment, immediately the passion falls away and disappears. It is written, ‘“In returning and rest you shall be saved’” (Isaiah 30:15).”