Sin is when you turn away from God – or, in the other language, alienation occurs when the ego, that erratic, unreliable driver of the personality, temporarily turns aside from the great quest for integration with the inner self, the self that’s authentic, the self that contains the potential to be fully human, fully fulfilled and fully alive. You don’t become fully human by exploiting others; you don’t realise your full potential by being insensitive and uncaring. You miss the mark. You fall short of bringing to life your unique personality blueprint designed by the living God who dwells as a spark in the very core of it. The quest for integration – for self-realisation – for the start of what religious language calls eternal life – has been thwarted. Sin/alienation is psychological disease which if unhealed can lead to the living hell of lost hopes and blighted lives. (From the book “Mystical Paths” by Susan Howrath, page 224)