Modern spirituality promises healing.
St. Paisios points to something much deeper.
In the conclusion of our trilogy on yoga, the New Age, & Orthodox Christianity, Dr. Michael Christian & John examine the teachings of St. Paisios the Athonite on repentance, discernment, the passions, logismoi, prayer, & communion with Christ.
Rather than becoming fascinated by counterfeit spirituality, St. Paisios calls us to become transformed through humility, confession, repentance, & the healing of the whole person.
Topics include:
• Yoga & Orthodox Christianity
• New Age spirituality
• Logismoi (thoughts)
• The passions
• Philautia (self-love)
• Spiritual deception (prelest)
• Discernment
• The Jesus Prayer
• Prayer vs spiritual technique
• Healing through repentance
Drawing from With Pain & Love for Contemporary Man, Passions & Virtues, Spiritual Awakening, Family Life, & The Gurus, the Young Man, & Elder Paisios, this episode offers the Orthodox answer to today's search for healing.
Chapters:
00:00 Coming Up
00:39 Orthodox Health Intro
02:09 St. Paisios & the Orthodox Answer to False Spirituality
08:49 Why Modern Man Is Vulnerable to Spiritual Deception
12:20 Book Ad
13:08 Orthodoxy Is Not a Christianized New Age
18:42 Spiritual Causality Without Superstition
23:18 St. Paisios on Curses, Repentance, & Confession
25:11 The Spiritual Power of Words, Blessings, & Curses
29:47 Logismoi: The War Within Our Thoughts
33:33 Can You Trust Your Inner Voice?
38:33 The Fly, the Bee, & Purifying the Heart
40:48 Understanding the Passions & Pathology
42:58 St. Paisios: The Passions as Powers of the Soul
47:40 The Body Is Not Spiritually Neutral
49:25 Energy Ad
50:10 Gluttony, Trauma, & an Orthodox Vision of Healing
53:35 How Counterfeit Spirituality Exploits the Passions
56:29 Philautia: When the Self Becomes an Idol
59:27 When Self-Love Becomes Self-Worship
01:02:20 Real Stewardship vs. Self-Ownership
01:03:47 Fasting Can Heal (or Feed) the Passions
01:05:39 True Discernment Is More Than Spotting Error
01:09:27 Testing Counterfeit Peace & Spiritual Experiences
01:11:13 Obedience, Spiritual Fatherhood, & Healing
01:13:22 Confession Brings Deception Into the Light
01:14:48 Fasting Ad
01:15:32 Prayer Is Communion, Not a Spiritual Technique
01:16:29 St. Paisios the Radio Operator & Prayer
01:19:01 The Jesus Prayer Is Not a Mantra
01:21:11 Prayer, Repentance, & Real Transformation
01:24:24 The Orthodox Answer to Yoga & the New Age
01:27:43 Come Home: Christ's Mercy Is Greater
01:29:34 Outro
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