Ep. 26. Despre lupta cu gândurile

00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:28 - Let's take note of what the thought gives rise to 00:05:29 - Thoughts that come in the wake of a passion 00:06:50 - How to fight bad thoughts that stir up a passion in us? 00:08:21 - Cutting off the thought from the first moment 00:09:49 - What does it mean to not receive a thought? 00:12:50 - How long does it take to get rid of a bad thought? 00:13:48 - Obsessive-compulsive disorder 00:17:31 - The effect of a thought shows us its origin 00:20:50 - What control do we have over the spoken word? But over the thought? 00:22:50 - About unceasing prayer 00:28:12 - What canon should a sick person keep? 00:28:54 - God's gifts cannot be taken back There are thoughts that come in the wake of a passion that a person has. With these, it is more complicated. For these, a lot of vigilance is needed. Why? Because if a person has a passionate habit, then a simple thought or image functions as a trigger. And the person, being already passionate, is automatically/directly drawn towards passion. Vigilance means not receiving those very thoughts that bring back into action an old passion that is not yet completely overcome. How do we fight thoughts that stir up an old passion in us? The most important thing is to keep the prayer order strictly. The lack of a prayer order for a passionate person can be fatal from a spiritual point of view. A person without great passions who may forget during an evening of prayer is not as dangerous as a person who is very spiritually ill. For someone like this, it is enough to not do his routine/rule once and he will become very vulnerable to the attacks of the enemy. For the fight against thoughts, it is important for a person to cut off any passionate image or thought from the very first moment. It is extremely important to do this from the very first moment. If he receives it even for a few seconds, being passionate, he will surely fall. Somewhere, including this momentary reception of a thought, already shows that the person is still proud. It seems to him that he can win with his own strength. So the person should be convinced that if he receives it even for a moment, the thought enters his heart and then, although during the day he does not have the opportunity to sin, in the evening when he is alone, he will do it. Not receiving the thought means fleeing to Christ and denouncing the evil thought. Say: “Lord, I can’t fight it. If I receive it, I will surely fall. Look, I entrust it to You. I really can’t. I have seen for years that I have tried and I cannot. Now I give it to You. You fight it! You rebuke the evil thought.” Especially with thoughts of fornication we must do this. . . . . . #orthodoxtoday #OrthodoxFaith #SpiritualLife #OrthodoxTradition #UnceasingPrayer #Philokalia #PhilokaliaTexts #HolyFathers #WisdomofPhilokalia #PathofHoliness #AsceticismAndPrayer #MysteriesofPhilokalia #OrthodoxShow #SpiritualDialogue #WordForTheSoul #OrthodoxismUnderstood #PhilokaliaOnRadio