"He has to listen to his inner call, his spiritual perceptions in contrast to the professional demands." RY That is exactly the point. That professional demands being subordinated to the inner call is consistent with the inner life. This means - as averred earlier - the call of the seeker or the disciple taking precedence over the call of the professional or the historian. And in the case of "The lives.." the professional seems to predominate. Tthe author acknowledges that.