pos;s saints and their methods of overcoming mental anguish and pain that he underwent a profound a religious conversion."# After a full recovery that left Loyola with just a slight limp he began to build on the new ideas that he had discovered earlier. Shortly after Loyola put together a series of exercises that were to followed by his people. "Ignatius applied the lessons he had learned during his convalescence to a program of religious and moral self-discipline that came to be embodied in the Spiritual Exercises." # Even today, the Spiritual Exercises are considered the most fundamental book of the Jesuit Order. The success of the Spiritual Exercises comes from the problem Loyola tries to solve in it, "How can the individual attain inner peace?"# This particular question was a very integral part of the entire Exercises. "This psychologically perceptive devotional guide contained mental and emotional guide exercises designed to teach one absolute spiritual self-mastery over one's feelings. It taught that a person could shape his or her own behaviour - even create a new religious self - through disciplined and regular practice."# "The two main components of these Exercises are: An encouragement towards spiritual life and a test of aptitude for the particular kind of religious activity that Loyola wanted." # Those who completed the exercises to the fullest felt the benefits of the exercises and "were inevitably bound together."# The Exercis
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