Renunication Failure

Ἀδελφὸς ἀποταξάμενος τῷ κόσμῳ καὶ διαδοὺς τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ πτωχοῖς, παρακατασχὼν δὲ ὀλίγα εἰς λόγον ἑαυτοῦ, παρέβαλε τῷ ἀββᾷ Ἀντωνίῳ. Καὶ τοῦτο μαθὼν, λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ γέρων· Ἐι θέλεις μοναχὸς γενέσθαι, ἄπελθε εἰς τήνδε τὴν κώμην, καὶ ἀγόρασον κρέας, καὶ περίθες τῷ σώματί σου γυμνῷ, καὶ οὕτως ἐλθὲ ἐνταῦθα. Καὶ ποιήσαντος οὕτως τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ, οἱ κύνες καὶ τὰ ὄρνεα τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ κατέτεμνον. Ἀπαντήσαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸν γέροντα, ἐπύθετο εἰ γέγονεν ὡς συνεβούλευσεν. Ἐκείνου δὲ ἐπιδεικνυμένου τὸ σῶμα διεσπεραγμένον, λέγει ὁ ἅγιος Ἀντώνιος· Οἱ ἀποταξάμενοι τῷ κόσμῳ, καὶ θέλοντες ἔχειν χρήματα, οὕτως ἀπὸ τῶν δαιμόνων κατακόπτονται πολεμούμενοι. Αποφθεγματα των Ἀγιων Γεροντων, Παλλαδιος

A brother renounced the world and gave his possessions to the  poor, but he kept back a little for himself, and so he went to Father Anthony. When he learned of what he had done, the elder said to  him, 'If you want to be a monk, go to this village, buy meat, cover your naked body with it and so come back here.' The brother did so, and the dogs and birds tore at his body. Having returned to the elder, he was asked if he had done as he advised. He showed him his wounded body and the blessed Anthony said, 'Those who renounce the world but want to keep something are torn to pieces by the demons battling against them.' Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia