We made it to Letter 8 at the last meeting. The meeting was well attended and we had a good discussion.

Some things to think about taken from the next several letters:

Letter nine
"Never forget that when we are dealing with any pleasure in its healthy and normal and satisfying form, we are, in a sense, on the Enemy's ground. I know we have won many a soul through pleasure. All the same, it is His invention not ours."

Letter 10
"... he can be induced to live, as I have known many humans live, for quite long periods, parallel lives; he will not only appear to be, but actually be, a different man in each of the circles he frequents."

Letter 11
"Fun is closely related to joy --a sort of emotional froth arising from the play instinct. It is very little use to us. It can sometimes be used, of course, to divert humans from something else which the Enemy would like them to be feeling or doing: but in itself it has wholly undesirable tendencies; it promotes charity, courage, contentment, and many other evils."

Letter 12
“... you are anxious to be able to report spectacular wickedness. But do remember, the only thing that matters is the extent to which you separate the man from the Enemy. It does not matter how small the sins are provided that their cumulative effect is to edge the man away from the Light and out into the Nothing."

Letter 13
"The great thing is to prevent his doing anything.... Let him do anything but act. No amount of piety in his imagination and affections will harm us if we can keep it out of his will.... The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act .... "