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There is no happiness in following the ways of the world.1 comment

vishalchoudhary23 wrote 2 months ago: There is no happiness in following the ways of the world. Questioner: There are some people who want … more →

Tags: There is no happiness in following the ways of the worl, Money, Wealth, want, soul, happiness, bliss, dadashri, meditation

comsumes the desert

Shawn Roske wrote 4 months ago: May i be finished with the desert, where i have been sitting in ascetics, the consuming sands have e … more →

Tags: Poetry, desert, Mirage, Oasis, Plain, Terrain

Cleanliness Next to Godliness?

Matt Erickson wrote 4 months ago: When I was very young, so I have been told, I was one of those children who hated having stuff stuck … more →

Tags: Issues and Theology, Lauren Winner, Puritans, Hygiene, clean, Dirty

Psychotic Reasoning, The Will To Believe, And Religious Interpretations Of The Mentally Ill1 comment

Daniel Fincke wrote 4 months ago: Yesterday morning, The Friendly Atheist’s Hemant Mehta analyzed stories of mothers who murdere … more →

Tags: Epistemology, Atheism, News Discussion, Psychology, Intellectual Virtues, Intellectual Vices, Why I Am Not a Christian, religion and science, Hemant Mehta

Blessings from Udaipur

Saurabh Rustagi wrote 5 months ago: … more →

Tags: udaipur, Photo

NEWS: Monk Advocates for Bhikkhuni Sangha

Natalie C Winslow wrote 7 months ago: A British Buddhist monk teaching in Australia, but ordained in the forest monk tradition in Thailand … more →

Tags: Religion in the news, Religion, religious studies, Australia, Buddhism, Feminism, monks, activism, Thailand

Notes on Stillness and Asceticism

alexmalina wrote 8 months ago: All ascetics either strive for or experience stillness.  Stillness is both a term to explain what to … more →

Tags: asceticism, Christian Ascetics, Desert Fathers, Early Christianity, eremitism, Life, meditation, Monasticism, MYSTICS

Simeon Stylites on the Pillar, Image

alexmalina wrote 9 months ago: I am not sure who created this image, but it is interesting and it is always good to see such figure … more →

Tags: asceticism, Desert Fathers, Early Christianity, eremitism, Pictures], ascetic practice, Christian Ascetics, Christianity, early christian asceticism

Christian Ascetics: Domnina2 comments

alexmalina wrote 10 months ago: As most ascetics and solitaries of her time, there was a certain need to emulate the ideal life, lif … more →

Tags: Silence, Diet, asceticism, Monasticism, Desert Fathers, Religion, eremitism, My Writings, Theology

Christian Ascetics: Grazers1 comment

alexmalina wrote 10 months ago: Among the fascinating men and women of early Christianity that I have come across in my studies of t … more →

Tags: Silence, asceticism, Monasticism, Desert Fathers, meditation, Religion, eremitism, My Writings, Theology

Urban Asceticism3 comments

alexmalina wrote 10 months ago: The subject of urban asceticism is of particular interest for the modern man.  Though many people wi … more →

Tags: Silence, Life, asceticism, Monasticism, meditation, Religion, eremitism, My Writings, Theology

Giovanni Maria Augustini - American hermit, ascetic, mystic4 comments

alexmalina wrote 10 months ago: Over the coarse of reading about different hermits in the United States, I cam across a fasinating f … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Life, asceticism, meditation, Religion, eremitism, MYSTICS, Monasticism, Faith

Urban Asceticism and Spiritual Combat in the 21st Century - Part 1

alexmalina wrote 10 months ago: What is spiritual combat?  What is urban asceticism?  I think more and more people – while may … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Silence, Politics, Life, asceticism, Monasticism, meditation, Religion, Work

Photo of Christian Ascetic

alexmalina wrote 10 months ago: I found this image of an Ethopian Christian ascetic hermit on this site: http://pro.corbis.com/searc … more →

Tags: asceticism, meditation, Religion, eremitism, Christian Ascetics, Photography, pics of hermits, photos of hermits, photos of ascetics

Christian Ascetics: Matt Talbot

alexmalina wrote 10 months ago: Very rarely do we hear about modern ascetics.  In fact asceticism has almost entirely disappeared as … more →

Tags: asceticism, Religion, eremitism, People, Theology, Christian Ascetics, Christianity, christian asceticism, modern asceticism

The Most Important Meal of The Day

shipinthenight wrote 1 year ago: Obesity Linked to Skipping Breakfast An In Depth Report The jury is back and the verdict is in. Fail … more →

Tags: Lifestyle, Humor, Nutrition, Pancakes, Hospitality, Natural History, health, World Hunger, breakfast

I Vant To Be Alone . . .

poietes wrote 1 year ago: Hermits, Eremites, Anchorites, or Just Plain Recluses? Aran Islands Hermit's Cave, Ireland I … more →

Tags: Our Writing Selves, Life or Something Similar, Writing Blogs, Friends and Family, Law & Order, Lolita Liwag, karma, England, Hermits

Human ability to control the natural world

egabriel wrote 1 year ago: I was always interested in the ancient belief in magic from the perspective of history. It was alway … more →

Tags: history of magic, History, Events, Paranormal, phenomenon, Cultures, Influence, human, Belief

St. Simeon, fool-for-Christ4 comments

Alex wrote 1 year ago: I think Simeon’s on the left. I have a serious weakness for the ascetic saints, probably becau … more →

Tags: Obscure Saint Blogging, Religion, Eastern Orthodox, fools for Christ, madmen, The Desert


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