Introduction to the Philokalia, Part 4: Absolute, Complete, Inner Stillness

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  • čas přidán 23. 02. 2024

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  • @McFraneth
    @McFraneth Před 5 měsíci +10

    I pray daily now. On rising and before bed. It helps a lot with my nerves. 🙏

  • @justrubio3121
    @justrubio3121 Před měsícem

    Thanks Father.

  • @Splendiferous-qh6rr
    @Splendiferous-qh6rr Před 5 měsíci +2

    Thank you! Listening, learning, praying in Washington state.

  • @user-ck7mn7ot7c
    @user-ck7mn7ot7c Před 5 měsíci +2

    Hello Vladyka from Athens Greece.
    I have heard that the opposite virtue to envy is love.

  • @gigig2492
    @gigig2492 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Thank you, Vladyka ☦️🙏🏻

  • @McFraneth
    @McFraneth Před 5 měsíci +2

    ...by the grace of God. That's the thing. 😭. I am so worried about finances. We are drowning in taxes. We work hard to stand still only. Old car, old house, still cannot make ends meet. Today chopping wood for a fríend. Monday taxes come out but no money to cover it. I feel so disappointed. We are honest. But we are financing wars abroad now.

    • @MJS2376
      @MJS2376 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Lord, have mercy on us all during these difficult times. ☦️

  • @genemyersmyers6710
    @genemyersmyers6710 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Thank you thank you thank you.

  • @thattimestampguy
    @thattimestampguy Před 4 měsíci

    0:07 Going through the motions, doing stuff but not really repenting.
    0:37 Real Change is about Repentance. Transfigured by The Grace of God.
    1:23 Striving for the Remembrance of God. Fighting against Passions and distractions that drag our attention to passions.
    - Pride - Lust - Gluttony
    2:13
    + The Publican exercised Humility
    - The Pharisee lauded his virtues, God didn’t bother to listen.
    6:18 Every one of us is called to work on this. The Orthodox Christian Lifestyle.
    - It’s not dressing up like an 18th century peasant from wherever.
    7:12 For each one of us, we need to find a way to
    + Pray 🙏🏼
    + Keep Silence and Stillness (Hesychia) for a period some time
    8:40 The Silence comes after we are able to overcome our passions.
    9:25
    + Forgiveness
    + Confession
    9:50 The goal is to get to that place of Inner Stillness.
    10:55
    1. Do not react
    2. Do not resent
    3. Inner Stillness
    11:47 You don’t have to be hurt by words.
    12:07 You can have pain without suffering.
    13:35 The value of Solitude
    14:03 Benedictine Hermit Joseph.
    15:17 Learn how to be watchful over yourself, to not let the passions take you away.
    16:13 The Church is here to support this Inner Work.
    16:42
    + Stop Sinning 🛑
    17:20 The Way The Coptics read The Psalter
    18:17 How St Herman’s Church read’s The Psalter, 3 Khatisma’s a day.
    19:02 Every Human Emotion Expressed!
    Anger
    Praise
    Mercy
    20:15 Shapes how we conceptualize Spiritual Life.
    21:02 Monastic Life hears The Psalter alot.
    21:55 Temptations of The World
    23:40 Back In The Day, (for 1800s Years), people lived in silence for the most part, without the busy sounds of the world today in the 2000s.)
    26:46 The Nous
    29:27 Orthodoxy Paradoxy
    30:20 Jesus Prayer 🙏🏼 in a focused prayer 🙏🏼 ❤
    31:16 Focus on Intention.
    31:51 ❤️ Love, Joy
    33:00 distracted prayer is not good. Do your best to pray undistracted.
    35:01 Expel worldly thoughts.
    35:55 Remembrance of God’s Presence.
    37:00
    + Intention
    + Attention
    *Questions?*
    38:00 Nous.
    39:23 🙏🏼
    + Remember God
    + Our Living Bond
    41:10 Process
    41:49 Greek Bishop Tallisos (spellcheck me)
    42:21
    Do not React
    Do Not Resent
    Keep Inner Stillness
    44:05 “We don’t have 10 hours.”
    44:17 my electronic leash 📱(I think that’s a spot on way of talking about iphones)
    45:03 So what that Buddhists do it to. It’s a human focusing move.
    45:28
    Awareness
    Mindfulness
    Contemplation
    Inner Stillness
    God is NOT Santa Claus
    46:49 In Awe 🫢
    47:15
    Learning how to focus.
    48:00 “ just because the bird is flying outside doesn’t mean you have to reach out and grab him.”
    48:24
    + Watchfulness 💭👀
    49:18 The Liturgy
    50:00 Parallel

  • @jacobroesch9823
    @jacobroesch9823 Před 2 měsíci

    I don’t know if you’ll see this but one of the videos you said noetic prayer is an active receptivity to God. In another video you said passive receptivity. Which one is correct? I’m leaning towards passive but want to make sure if anyone can help. Thanks

  • @BombadilsBoots
    @BombadilsBoots Před 5 měsíci +1

    How are we to know what energies are from God, and which are imposters? In the absence of spiritual fathers, how do we avoid being misled? Coming from a place of practicing stillness outside the Church (no idols, gurus, mantras), I'm fairly certain the lion's share of my experiences I believed to be from God were deceptions. This seems like a potentially dangerous path to attempt. St John of the Ladder states in the first chapter of his text, that for the average person living a simple, virtuous life in the world in communion with Christ and the Church, he is not far from heaven. Please forgive me, but how are we to proceed with caution and humility?

    • @cpSharkBlast
      @cpSharkBlast Před 5 měsíci

      With a spiritual father.

    • @BombadilsBoots
      @BombadilsBoots Před 5 měsíci

      @@cpSharkBlast not all priests practice hesychasm. I don't anymore. I'm curious why one would risk the damage that it can cause the soul when you can live a god-pleasing life without it

  • @MJS2376
    @MJS2376 Před 5 měsíci

    Do not react, do not resent, maintain inner stillness.
    David/writer of the Psalms does not sound as if he is not reacting and maintaining inner stillness. Please explain.

    • @BombadilsBoots
      @BombadilsBoots Před 5 měsíci +1

      David authored the Psalms, but was not the speaker in all of them. Look into the christology of the Psalms.

  • @FirstLast-gc1nj
    @FirstLast-gc1nj Před 5 měsíci

    King Luke repentance Christ

  • @GROW_YOUTUBE_VIEWS_m021
    @GROW_YOUTUBE_VIEWS_m021 Před 5 měsíci

    Do you have anymore channels on youtube, I would love to watch them