1561. So whenever upon self-reflection we consider we are thinking good, or doing good, this comes from our ego, from some love, desire, craving. And whenever one attributes this to oneself, it is sin in every particular. So the good that is given by the Lord is done when we are not reflecting from our own effort, that is, when we are unaware of it, according to the Lord's Word, that man is reborn while he is unaware of it [see John 3:8].