I do not know how this spiritual first aid kit ended up in your hands, but since it has happened (you are holding Part IV), it is my duty to warn you to avoid harming yourself. The medicine-thoughts in this kit were specifically chosen for the elderly women of our village. Perhaps you may find…

Encountering the Truth in this world (which abides in evil and deceit) is a crisis event (a moment of judgment), and the knowledge of the Truth is a painful process of repentance and self-denial, crucifying one’s flesh with its passions and desires! The Truth in this world (to those who come to know it) causes…

(Continuation. Beginning at the end of Part II) Christianity is the Eucharist, it is the Kingdom of God, it is Thanksgiving, it is Joy; therefore, it is impossible to be a Christian and not rejoice (= give thanks). Joy = Thanksgiving (Eucharist)! Joy and Thanksgiving are two facets of the same reality-state; they are unthinkable…

Salvation-Healing, Resurrection, the acquisition of the Resurrected Body of the Lord Jesus Christ, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, deification, and the attainment of catholicity—the ability to contain by the Grace of the Holy Spirit all that exists: the created and the Uncreated by grace—takes place in three stages: catechumenate (preparation for the Mystery of…

The ability to listen and hear is a great science, an art! The first stage (preparation for the Mystery, for the “operation”)—catechumenate—involves preparation for the catechumenate (learning to listen, to obey) and the catechumenate itself (slavery-obedience-service to Christ—understanding and fulfilling the orthodoxly understood will of God, the Commandments of God). The final work of the…

God is Love! Therefore, everything that God creates is Divine Love, and created for Love! Every moment, every free being (both humans and angels) is Divinely Loved! But to feel Love, one must Love! The more one loves, the more one is loved and feels love for oneself! People seek love for themselves (while being…