10:42

Fasting and feasting vs serving the lesser gods of the belly, body and self. (2)

10:45

Fasting and rest vs gym and treadmill? Ancient desert tips on true well being (1).

14:38

"Finding the deep heart, and thus reigning in the flighty passions.Be for the belly not for the eye"

19:16

The Eye of the Soul: the Nous. How to free it from blindness and bondage and open it to God's light.

08:51

Why a PhD might well be a wall rather than a window or way to God, hardening the heart.

05:54

Why Orthodox people stand still in prayer for so long. Walking with God. St Theophan the Recluse.

04:36

"Prostrations vs the Gym." St Paisios. Which one tones the body and also leads to prayer?

18:07

Hesychasm and the Eastern religions (2). A brief review of the literature.

05:39

The Mystery of the Temple. Part 1: the Patriarchs.

09:49

The Mystery of the Temple. Found an old classic of Biblical Theology at the monastery!

10:17

Hesychasm and Eastern Mysticism. Are they compatible in one person's heart and head? (3)

07:35

True prayer is deeper than the thinking head. Deep calls unto deep in the quiet and longing heart.

11:37

Hesychasm and the Eastern religiions. Poles apart inspite of surface similarities. (1)

05:18

"Our thoughts determine our lives." A modern Orthodox Staretz.

01:59

Words vs Silence in deep prayer 🙏. The place of each in the Orthodox Tradition

11:20

Divesting the ego to find Christ vs demonic delusion through self- centred mysticism.

13:58

Lao Tzu and Christ. Tao and the Logos. Stillness becomes deep personal prayer in Hesychasm.

05:02

Stillness becoming interior prayer/Hesychasm. The Way made flesh and blood. (2)

14:39

Why Orthodoxy and the Church Fathers emphasise Theosis than divine adoption? Born yet being born!

10:21

Do everything like its a rite or a sacrament. As a citizen of heaven while making your way there!

08:43

The Transmission of the Way before the age of the Internet. Walking in the Way vs conceptualism.

12:11

I'm returning to the Orthodox Church. I was wrong about it. Stepping back into the Ancient Way.

06:51

A treasure within: the indelible power of our Baptism. Martin Luther on Baptism and union with Jesus

05:17

The twin ditches on the way of Christian Freedom: Legalism and Lust. Galatians 5.

05:08

Fasting clears away the BS that clings...but asceticism on its own is just asceticism! Exercise!

09:48

An ex Catholic monk reads Martin Luther on Christian liberty. Wallpapering over the Word is ancient!

18:02

What came first? The Word of God or the Church? The Creator and His Spirit or the creature?

06:45

The Lenten Triodion. A guide through holy and Great Lent.

08:06

Self reliance vs God reliance. The Publican and the Pharisee at the doorway to the Lenten Fast.

11:07

Great books on interior prayer. The Philokalia.

06:54

The spiritual podvig (struggle) to tame the flesh. St Theophan the Recluse.

05:09

A holy hermit on Mount Athos sums up the state of the world nicely and prays for us all.

03:00

When churches are just open and help the local community... It's great!

11:55

St Basil. Fasting is the mother of health when done with discernment.

04:09

The life of Mary. A superb collection of Patristics and the ORTHODOX TRADITION on Mother of God.

08:53

St Gregory Palamas Orthodox fasting and Ramadan...

06:55

St Basil on fasting. What the early church thought fasting was and how they did it.

02:49

Mary as the model of virginity and purity. Church Fathers.

06:12

Mary as the model and master of union with God.

09:22

A Hermit's insights on fasting. Fasting as tuning into the hunger of all Creation.

09:18

Idiotelia: making self your Telos. It blocks the signal to God. Love-humility, service open it.

04:38

The slow suffusing benefit of an evening with a Holy book vs YouTube! Monasticism.

06:43

Body building vs Soul building (2). Finding the right zeal. St Joseph the Hesychast.

05:46

Body building vs soul building.. Finding the right zeal. Elder Joseph the Hesychast.

02:51

Only a divine Jesus can deify our human flesh. Salvation as theosis in Orthodoxy.

10:06

Fasting and Ascetism in the homilies of St Gregory Palamas. Unique flavour of Christian fasting.

03:57

Education and learning alone doesn't tame the passions! St Gregory Palamas.

08:58

Entering into the cell of the heart to find God, peace and joy. St Gregory Palamas.

08:13

Spiritual health: the most important health.

02:46

Thousands of birds for evening prayers.

06:30

Bodily exercise. Is it a help or a hindrance on the way to God?

02:58

Bodily exercise? My monastic days were one long gym!

11:41

Why I as a former Catholic monk became Orthodox. A response to a question.

02:40

The Gym is not only for athletes. Asceticism is not only for monasteries. Living the Way of prayer.

08:13

An Orthodox Hermit. Unceasing prayer is not just for an elite. it's a way of doing life.

10:15

St Paisios on why the struggle often seems unbearable and Aristotle's 4 causes.

06:44

An Orthodox Hermit. "Show me how,when you pray and I'll show you what you believe in."

05:51

The desert within our rib cage. The only true Hermitage.

04:52

The Ascetism of part time work, a sack of spuds and slowing down!

09:09

Orthodox Ascetism requires Orthodox Faith.