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Spiritual Path
“Buddhists aren’t the only ones who talk about consciousness. Tibetan monasteries were Christian before they were Buddhist.”
Metropolitain Jonah, March 2010.
Going to church is just the tip of the iceberg of Christian mysticism.
“Reaction, Resentment, and Inner Stillness” – Part 1
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“Reaction, Resentment, and Inner Stillness” – Part 2
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Orthodox Meditation or “Hesychasm”
Buddhism and Eastern Asceticism compared to Orthodox Christian Asceticism
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Theology and Mysticism in the Tradition of the Eastern Church
The writing of Vladimir Lossky is widely considered to be ‘difficult’ or ‘challeging’ but it is far less difficult than the subject matter to which he addresses himself. Indeed, with patience and curiosity (the necessary attitude of anyone who wishes to learn) the reader will find a breath-taking opening into the higher reaches of consciousness – where human consciousness touches the divine.
“In a certain sense all theology is mystical, inasmuch as it shows forth the divine mystery: the data of revelation. On the other hand, mysticism is frequently opposed to theology as a realm inaccessible to understanding, as an unutterable mystery, a hidden depth, to be lived rather than known; yielding itself to a specific experience which surpasses our faculties of understanding rather than to any perception of sense or of intelligence. . . . We must accept facts as they are, and not seek to explain the difference between eastern and western spirituality on racial or cultural grounds when a greater issue, a dogmatic issue, is at stake. Neither may we say that the questions of the procession of the Holy Spirit or of the nature of grace have no great importance in the scheme of Christian doctrine, which remains more or less identical among Roman Catholics and among Orthodox. In dogmas so fundamental as these it is this ‘more or less’ which is important, for it imparts a different emphasis to all doctrine, presents it in another light; in other words, gives place to another spirituality.”
Vladimir Lossky
Please explore his introduction to Orthodox Christian mysticism.
Mysticism at the Mall
“Younger people are hungry for authentic Christianity. They are dying inside for something that is real, authentic and that challenges them to have a spiritual life as a Christian. Orthodoxy has not lost the mystery. It’s real. People feel God.”
Rev. Michael Boyle