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The PURPOSEFUL LIFE

In the Purpose of Light we spoke of, the nearest and dearest conclave of co-creators, the Way-showers of the New Way. Do you ever feel that your life has no purpose? I hope not but maybe like me there… more →

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Interpreting Holy Tradition through the Sciences of Astronomy & Medicine

DiscerningThoughts wrote 1 week ago: Interpreting Holy Tradition through the Sciences of Astronomy and Medicine Everything mentioned so f … more →

Tags: Empirical Dogmatics, Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos, Protopresbyter John S. Romanides, nous 2, Praxis, Purification, Theoria, Theosis

Istanbul drives me food crazy — 6 comments

angica wrote 1 week ago: It is exactly one year since I last visited Istanbul. I wasn’t aware how deep my longing for t … more →

Tags: Illumination, Food, Photography, Travel, Architecture, Travel (2), istanbul, bosporus, Byzantine

Opposites playing happily together

angica wrote 3 weeks ago: Once again I visited the Kolumba Museum in Cologne which houses the Roman Catholic Archdiocese’s col … more →

Tags: Art, Illumination, Photography, Architecture, art 2, Kolumba museum, museum, Cologne, Köln

Mystical illumination?

DiscerningThoughts wrote 1 month ago: Heterodox “mystics” say they know such things not by reasoning but “illumination … more →

Tags: St Gregory Palamas, Protopresbyter Michael Azkoul, gnostic, Theoria

NaPoWriMo Poem 1 Illumination Alliterisen

bookphoenix wrote 1 month ago: For those of you wondering what on earth an alliterisen is (I didn’t know what it was either, … more →

Tags: NaPoWriMo, Illumination, alliterisen, NaPoWriMo

Great Restaurants during "Dine Around Seattle"

sugarsandphotography wrote 1 month ago: The month of March in Seattle is a great one. It’s my birthday month, the weather is changing … more →

Tags: Food, Drinks & Beverages, Photography, Art, Food, Black & White, landmark, Still Life, artistic

On the Signs of Grace & Delusion

DiscerningThoughts wrote 1 month ago: “Hence because we are in fact non-spiritual we live and behave in a non-spiritual manner. Should we … more →

Tags: Delusion, Discretion, Discernment, Holy Spirit, St. Gregory of Sinai, Philokalia, Theoria, logismoi, St Gregory of Sinai

The PURPOSEFUL LIFE — 3 comments

David Tenneson wrote 1 month ago: In the Purpose of Light we spoke of, the nearest and dearest conclave of co-creators, the Way-shower … more →

Tags: Ascension, Illumination, Ascension, Hanukah, Wisdom, Spiritual, Lord, David, Devon

Unknowing, Uncertainty, & Ambiguity as Paths to Spiritual Wisdom

DiscerningThoughts wrote 2 months ago: “…There comes a profound kenosis; emptying-out of ego, marked by a deep-reaching humilit … more →

Tags: Illumination, Glossary of Terms, apophatic, James L. Kelley, Archbishop Chrysostomos, Theoria, Theosis, Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos, Mental Health

The Prodigal Son Teaches us how to Repent Correctly

DiscerningThoughts wrote 2 months ago: The Prodigal Son Teaches us how to Repent Correctly by Archbishop Nikiforos Theotokis With the parab … more →

Tags: Illumination, Glossary of Terms, Archbishop Nikiforos Theotokis, nepsis, Alexander Kalomiros, The River of Fire, The Triodion

The PURPOSE of LIGHT

David Tenneson wrote 2 months ago: We have spoken of light many times but I wonder what it actually means to you? Are you still thinkin … more →

Tags: Ascension, Illumination, Ascension, Hanukah, Consciousness, Vision, Wisdom, Spiritual, universe

Walking through a world of lights

angica wrote 2 months ago: I walk in the moonless dark through the frozen Gruga Park. With half frozen and aching fingers I ask … more →

Tags: Illumination, light, Licht, Essen, Parkleuchten

Orthodoxy is a therapeutic treatment

DiscerningThoughts wrote 2 months ago: Orthodoxy as a therapeutic method By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos The priest, Fr.Philip, beg … more →

Tags: Glossary of Terms, Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos, Empirical Dogmatics, hesychia, Hieromonk Alexios (Trader), Hieromonk Alexios Karakallinos, Mental Health, orthodox psychotherapy, Purification

PRIORITY of PURPOSE

David Tenneson wrote 2 months ago: We are born into a life for specific reasons with inherent hopes at Soul level that the life, the co … more →

Tags: Ascension, Illumination, Love, soul, light, Hanukah, Consciousness, Wisdom, Spiritual

Spiritual Priesthood & the Remission of Sins

DiscerningThoughts wrote 2 months ago: Spiritual Priesthood and the Remission of Sins By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos 1. Sacred (or … more →

Tags: Clericalism, Glossary of Terms, Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos, St. Symeon the New Theologian, Empirical Dogmatics, George S. Gabriel, holy confession, Holy Spirit, Magick

LEGENDS 2 - The SERPENT

David Tenneson wrote 3 months ago: The serpent has been seen as evil, the Devil or Satan in literature, forever to be bruised by the he … more →

Tags: Illumination, Love, Hanukah, Wisdom, Spiritual, God, snake, Devon, Spain

LEGENDS — 4 comments

David Tenneson wrote 3 months ago: There are many legends of creation from as many indigenous cultures around the world and a surprisin … more →

Tags: Illumination, Hanukah, Wisdom, Spiritual, Creation, Devon, Spain, Adam, EVE

Only the dead feel nothing

DiscerningThoughts wrote 3 months ago: ON THOSE WHO SAY THAT THEY POSSESS THE HOLY SPIRIT UNCONSCIOUSLY FIFTH ETHICAL DISCOURSE BY ST SYMEO … more →

Tags: Baptism, Discernment, Glossary of Terms, noetic, St. Symeon the New Theologian, Theoria, Theosis, Clericalism, Empirical Dogmatics

LIGHT & SOUND — 2 comments

David Tenneson wrote 3 months ago: Have you ever tried to count the number of types of light that you become aware of? Discounting all … more →

Tags: Illumination, healing, Healing, Love, light, Hanukah, Vision, Wisdom, Spiritual


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