Cleansed or Consumed?

Many men work hard for spiritual cleansing.

Some stoke the fire. Some bring large stones to place in the fire. Once the stones are hot, still other men remove them from the fire and pour water over them to create a great storehouse of steam.

They bathe in the steam they have created, hoping their work will achieve the desired ends of eliminating both sweat and negativity from their bodies and surroundings. 

To them, this is a holy fire where they must labor intensely for spiritual clea...