An Attentiveness Apocalypse
How learning to pay attention and learning to pray are pretty much the same thing
[The demons’] unremitting purpose is to prevent the heart from being attentive, for they know how greatly such attentiveness enriches the soul.” - St. Hesychios the Priest
The goal of spiritual exercise is not simply to “do” it, for we can easily fall into mindless activity that does nothing to direct the soul toward God. Mere recitation of of words with…
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