[OBW]

I note that he calls it "self-analysis" so that it is presumed to be merely an effort of the flesh.

I suspect that there has been little enlightenment that came from sitting around waiting for the light to shine. It usually arises when we seek diligently for answers. When we question what we have been taught and seek to have it either confirmed or set aside.

Spiritual paralysis seems to be more about the inability to do anything because we are unable to reconcile what we have been taught from the Word with what we read there. It is exacerbated when our "trusted" source keeps on speaking something different than what the Word says and we have to resort to cliches like "I can't figure it out on my own."

When the Nees and Lees of the world are not busy telling you something that the Word does not say, they are telling you that your questions are the problem, not the things that give rise to the questions. And the result is that the faithful do not question it, no matter how ridiculous it may be.