proceeds, farther he becomes from the main road, andsometimes he finds other deductions based on that deviated thought and gradually a mass of mistakes will occupy his brain, devaluating his thoughts in general.

Meanwhile, this is another reply to the advocators ofseclusion who say meditation in seclusion is better possible, asthe danger of deviation is much more in seclusion.

3- The other big fault, in which man is involved in seclusion, is vanity and selfishness. Based on self- love instinct, man isusually very interested in himself and his works, and" self- love" instinct is in fact like a magnifier which through itsmagnif ication power, shows man's thoughts and action greaterthan what they actually are. On other hand, it shows man'sfaults smaller than what they actually are, and sum of these twoaspects is" vanity and selfishness".

Seclusion and dissociation is a very favorite environment forculture of this vicious attribute. But man knows himself as heactually is, through association with the others, and also isinformed of the real degree of his perfection and virtues, andbecomes aware of his faults, and also faces with the individualsmore prominent and perfect than himself, and conseq uentlyfinds his fault, and this cuts the root of vanity in him and orminimizes it. And on this account, it is widely seen that secludedand dissociable persons have made big and sometimes oddclaims all showing their deep vanity and selfishness.

Moreover, another great advantage of association with peopleis clarified herein, that is recognizing one's own faults. People, particularly those who do not have friendly relations with us orare our enemy, are a good mirror for our faults, and if they werenot, a lot of our faults remained unknown to us for ever. If we