The third sort of belief is conviction. In this stage one believes not only from reasoning but by examples, not only in theory but by the experience gained by practice. One believes what one's soul apprehends and what one's own soul tells one. It is beyond the power of the generality to arrive at this belief. Thus, for instance, two people may say, "We are one in spirit," because although they may not have the same joys and sorrows they know that they are one in spirit. To take another example, one may believe in the same way that the source and the goal are the same.