pathofsolitude
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We must ask how exactly the heathen prayed. I imagine a bunch of rowdy pagan women loudly entreating their gods over and over to do something for them. Or some commentaries describe the "vain reptitions" as babbling. Like glossalia. The feature of their way of prayer is that they need to ramble over and over again for the gods to hear them.
The Hesychast Way has absolutely nothing to do with that. The words of the Jesus Prayer are only the means to attain devotion of heart and inner stillness. And the Hesychast does not pray for wordly things like the worthless pagans and Protestants do. He is only abiding in the absolute assurance of the divine presence, the peace that surpasses all understanding, and the beginning of eternal glory.
Of course the godless, totally wretched, and utterly apostate Protestants know nothing about this. This is because they are devoid of the Holy Spirit. If they ever use their Matt 6:7 arguement against the Saints I tell them that they are antichrists. Its as simple as that. The lifeless thug Protestants dont even deserve to be heard because they have reduced their religion to Sunday preaching service, potlock dinners, and Billy Graham crusades.
If they only knew that the Jesus Prayer, when truly practiced, is entirely esoteric...
The Hesychast Way has absolutely nothing to do with that. The words of the Jesus Prayer are only the means to attain devotion of heart and inner stillness. And the Hesychast does not pray for wordly things like the worthless pagans and Protestants do. He is only abiding in the absolute assurance of the divine presence, the peace that surpasses all understanding, and the beginning of eternal glory.
Of course the godless, totally wretched, and utterly apostate Protestants know nothing about this. This is because they are devoid of the Holy Spirit. If they ever use their Matt 6:7 arguement against the Saints I tell them that they are antichrists. Its as simple as that. The lifeless thug Protestants dont even deserve to be heard because they have reduced their religion to Sunday preaching service, potlock dinners, and Billy Graham crusades.
If they only knew that the Jesus Prayer, when truly practiced, is entirely esoteric...