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Hesychasm is not advaita vedanta or dzogchen. It is the Holy Spirit Himself praying within the human person deeply inside from the heart. He prays automatically with your heart and mind over time when you are in full participation in the liturgical-sacramental life of the Church.

When a people is so full of violence and disorder that the only way to stop them without erasing them is for the Son to incarnate in the flesh, show them how to live, absorb all of their disorder and violence and then rise again to show everyone how wrong they were.

This is a fake picture of "Father" Emmanuel Lemmelson pretending to be at Holy Cross. Fr Bartholomew said hes never even heard of him. This man is a complete fraud.

Least Pagan Mexican ritual :

Sirach 11:17 "The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever."

In looking upon the faces of others, I see my own face, for we are all one, created by God, from one single man, from the same blood, and all equally after the image of God—and therefore we must look upon all purely, unsuspiciously, not inimically, not cunningly, not avariciously, but with pure godly love. Also, when looking upon icons, upon the faces of the Saints, the image of the Mother of God, and that of the God-Man Himself, the Lord Jesus Christ, I see myself in them, for they are also men, and through His incarnation and humanisation, Jesus Christ, our God, has wholly clothed Himself in me, having thus honoured mankind with an immeasurable honour, driving away the stench of sin from those who believe and are baptised in Him, and making them fragrant with the holiness of the Holy Ghost dwelling in them through faith, baptism, and the Communion of His Divine Body and Blood. Thus see yourself in others, that others may see themselves in you, love all as yourself; also see yourself and mankind in Christ, in His Most Pure Mother, and in the images of the Saints, and assimilate yourself to God and the saints by imitating their holiness—that they, too, may see themselves in you, in proportion as you become like unto God and them by virtue, and that they may recognise in you their member when you appear at the universal judgment, and may receive you into their midst as one of themselves. My Life in Christ, St John of Kronstadt, page 454 Взирая на лица других людей, я вижу свое собственное лицо, ибо все мы — одно целое, сотворенное Богом от одного человека, от единой крови, и все в равной мере созданы по образу Божию; посему мы должны смотреть на всех чисто, без подозрений, не с враждой, не с лукавством и не с корыстолюбием, а с чистой богоугодной любовью. Также, взирая на иконы — на лики святых, на образ Богоматери и на Самого Богочеловека, Господа Иисуса Христа, — я вижу в них самого себя, ибо и они — люди; и через Свое воплощение и вочеловечение Иисус Христос, Бог наш, всецело облекся в меня, удостоив тем самым человеческий род неизмеримой чести, отгоняя смрад греха от тех, кто верует в Него и крестится во имя Его, и исполняя их благоуханием святости Духа Святого, Который обитает в них через веру, крещение и причащение Его Божественных Тела и Крови. Так созерцай себя в других, чтобы и другие могли видеть себя в тебе; люби всех, как самого себя; также созерцай себя и все человечество во Христе, в Пречистой Его Матери и в образах святых и уподобляйся Богу и святым, подражая их святости, — дабы и они могли видеть себя в тебе, по мере того как ты добродетелью уподобляешься Богу и им, и чтобы они узнали в тебе своего сочлена, когда ты предстанешь на всеобщий суд, и приняли тебя в свою среду как одного из них. «Моя жизнь во Христе», св. Иоанн Кронштадтский, стр. 454

Do good things without thinking.

When any kind of sorrow from demons or men comes upon us - affliction, disease, misfortune ... Let us cry out with tears without anxiety or concern over how we should be delivered ... for there is no sorrow that comes to us without God's providence. -- St Paisius Velichkovsky

@PlisskenPatriot Therapy talk, obsession with pop culture from their childhood, the entire emo/goth movement, “pop goes punk” albums, saying “I did a thing…”, calling their pets “doggo” or “fur baby”, buying things with text like “but first, coffee”, Hogwarts houses, personality quizzes….

@PlisskenPatriot Escape rooms Reddit Calling dogs puppers Self help books with profanity in the title Thinking TV miniseries are high art

Inherently millennial phenomena: • axe-throwing • cards against humanity • self-deprecating jokes • drinking IPAs • breweries instead of bars • “we are young forever” slop music • those burger joints (we all know) • curse words on menus • saying “adulting” What else?

“Besides, the fact that Orthodox theology is dominated by Latin, once pagan but now papist and protestant, is not a phenomenon fully consistent with the spirit and goal of ecclesiastical schools of the Eastern Church.” - Saint Philaret of Moscow

“We of the Orthodox faith, viewing it and the Church from the vantage point of ideas brought on by depravity, Protestantism and atheism were the cause for stealthily and forcibly introducing ordinances into the Orthodox Church that are outside, alien, and hostile to the spirit of the Church, and against the canons and teachings of the Orthodox Church.” - Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov, Complete Works, On the need for a Council due to the current state of the Russian Orthodox Church

Temporal liberty is not an absolute good.

All shall be well, all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.