@Protoklitos423 That would be a blessing. Yes, of course. Feel free to message me here. If you're not able to, let me know.

@thaddeusthought I will add that I really appreciated your focus of experience, logic, and emotions. It was beautiful expressed and something I don't touch on as much in my lessons. Thank you!

Yes, but again I am covering it from a different light. The nous has two components: the mind and the heart. These two components are only broken down here to better understanding the workings of the nous. This is why the word nous is often interchangeable with mind and heart. Here’s how to think of the the two components. The heart is the essence of the nous. While the mind is the energy of the nous. And so our goal is to bring the scattered energy of the nous back to the heart, its proper home and its proper activity. I like to think of the nous as energy, rather than attention because it helps you to understand it as an activity of the nous rather than as a passive consumption which is only guided by either the brain or the body. Energy is also a more appropriate Orthodox word, I believe. In terms of the experience of the world, I like to think of it like this; The soul (composed of essence and energy) is what animates the body. Without the soul, there is no movement of the body. Tangent: that’s why the body is the vehicle for repentance. Without a body, you can’t repent because even though the soul desires to repent, it cannot actualize that repentance without a body. This is also why angels and demons are fixed in their states because they cannot repent without a body (in a sense). So… soul animates the body. The body has organs and the senses. The soul experiences the world through the use of the body, in particular the organs and the sense. For example, a person who has a mental disability still has a soul but is simply unable to activate or energies the physical organ of the brain in order to express itself intellectually because the brain (the physical organ) may not function properly. Does this make sense? All of this is to say that our body becomes the vehicle by which we experience the world. Sin and the passions are essentially misdirected energies of the soul. It is the soul that desires to drink alcohol because, while the physical body after drinking alcohol experiences intoxication, so likewise the soul, which experiences the world through the body, has become intoxicated—not with alcohol but with pleasure, and so has forgotten God. These are the passions at work. Now take a person who is an alcoholic. Seperate the soul from the body, and now you have the experience of hell. Hell is the soul’s unrelenting desire to be satiated with our passions (which we have for so long done in our body) but unable to do so because we can’t fulfill it. Sorry this is a long text.

Here is your spiritual life broken down into three steps, according to the parable of the Prodigal Son. 1. Exile — Your spiritual life begins when you understand that you are outside your father’s house—destitute and hungry—in a foreign land. 2. Remembrance — You will remember that your Father had much to spare. And yet, “here I perish with hunger.” This will spark you desire to return home. 3. Return — The journey back is long and arduous. The only words on your lips are “Father forgive me, I have sinned against heaven and against you.”

St. Porphyrios - he simplicity in all things. Not overthinking life but going with the flow of the Spirit. St. Anthony the Great - his sense of discernment and discretion, so needed today. Discern your actions and thoughts from afar to make sure they are in line with God. St. John of Damascus - his love for the hymns, poetry, and the faithfulness to the Orthodox teachings. Study the Fount of Knowledge or write poetry praising God.

RT @naftikos_:

@BanxyFamily St. Basil the Great -- His love for the Scriptures and the solution to all of life's problems found therein.

@Nicholai_Korea @orthodoxluigi @superxtianmario Thank you so much! I'll keep that in mind. Considering using Kajabi or something similar. Classes will be pre-recorded with attached workbooks and live workshops.

@orthodoxluigi @Nicholai_Korea @superxtianmario I have no idea how X works. I just followed you. lol

@orthodoxluigi @Nicholai_Korea @superxtianmario Sounds good!

@orthodoxluigi @Nicholai_Korea @superxtianmario Where in SC do you live?

The goal of the Christian life is the Kingdom of Heaven. We reach that goal through the purification of the heart. We purify the heart through the acquisition of the Holy Spirit. We acquire the Holy Spirit through Baptism. We retain the Holy Spirit through ascetical practices.

I reject you, satan, and all your works, and all your worship, and all your angels, and all your pomp. And I spit at you, satan.

If you're an Orthodox Christian and trying to get your life in order, then here are the 5 most important areas of life that you need to tackle first.

There’s something about the way life works that you can’t come to know something until you have committed to it. Perhaps this is why sex before marriage leads to people knowing themselves less.

This was an excellent video. It sheds light on the real dark and demonic activity associated with this "industry." No wonder when you consume this you feel depressed inside. You are consuming trauma and suffering.