To describe blind obedience Ignatius uses the image of the corpse, already present in spiritual and ascetic literature since the Legenda maior s. Francisci written by St. Bonaventure (Opera VIII, 52) in 1263. Obedience as conceived by Ignatius is always directed to divine providence or to the person of Jesus Christ, not to the superior per se. It serves to describe the radical attachment to the mission entrusted to the individual Jesuit, that of being a companion of Christ even and especially in difficulties. In Ignatius’ view, obedience is the best way to detach oneself from the disordered affections that dominate humanity and prevent one from being totally free. In fact, the act of obedience is a movement that involves both the Jesuit and his superior in hearing what the Spirit is suggesting. Blind obedience “like a corpse” is fidelity to this existential attitude of going out of oneself.