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"...when your mind and heart, your nous, gets stuck on the objects of this world, whether these objects are called money or pleasures of the body, or egotism or opinions or ideologies or whatever else, then you are committing an amartia, a sin. You become enslaved by these distractions that keep your heart and mind away from God.” “Are you implying then that we should all abandon the world and join a monastery?” I reacted with a dose of protest in my voice. “Nothing of the sort. Simply be aware not to enslave your mind and heart to the objects of this world that keep you cut off from God." The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality by Kyriacos C. Markides
Posted on: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 05:20:04 +0000

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