Christ’s Victory in Suffering and Love |
"Love and hatred are not merely subjective feelings, affecting the inward universe of those who experience them, but they are also objective forces, altering the world outside themselves. By loving or...
Posted by Theophan on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:19:00 PST |
Dealing with Stress |
I recieved an email about "Dealing with Stress." (at the bottom) and had to respond.
At the bottom are noble attempts to deal with stress. But they are attempts, attempts which have...
Posted by Theophan on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:31:00 PST |
Grace |
Of Grace, "only one thing is necessary: to give this grace free scope to act. Grace receives free scope in so far as the ego is crushed and the passions uprooted. The more our heart is purified the mo...
Posted by Theophan on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:05:00 PST |
Theophan the Recluse Biography |
St Theophan the Recluse was born on January 10, 1815, in the heart of Russia. His father was a Priest and thus, from the first impressions of his youth, he lived with the Church. The difficult and ev...
Posted by Theophan on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:19:00 PST |
This Journey |
I spent too many years reading Crowley and other occult stuff. He is a great writer. I was attacted to Crowley's bombastic writing and all the toys he provided my mind to play with. I am thankful, by ...
Posted by Theophan on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:40:00 PST |
Attention, Vigilance, and Soberness |
Theophan the Recluse, The Path to Salvation, A Manual of Spiritual Transformation. p.223
"All the powers of the Soul--the mind, the will, and the senses--should gather near the consciousness in the he...
Posted by Theophan on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:38:00 PST |
Quotes of St. Ignatius |
Among other things, I have been reading some of the early Church Fathers. Below are some quotations of St. Ignatius [a.d. 30107.] Said to have been a disciple of St. John of Patmos along with...
Posted by Theophan on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:55:00 PST |
Adversity |
I read today connected with my profession about a Bank who had problems with their employees avoiding known difficult guests. The bank decided to incentivize the situation by giving an award to the pe...
Posted by Theophan on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 07:29:00 PST |
Meditations |
What is possible?
I am not my body, I am not my mind. Who am I?
Stay in the body.
"Keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back--whether in the evening, or at midnight...
Posted by Theophan on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:06:00 PST |
Conciousness |
Consciousness of the patterns of the universe constitute the language of the Divine.
There are many obstacles to reading this script.
Divine consciousness is recognizing the Divine's consciousnes...
Posted by Theophan on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:23:00 PST |
