Wisdom proclaims the Gospel of the Name of Glory, which Christ came to reveal and the Holy Spirit discerns, unveiling the Father through the Son. The Spirit awakens hearts to the glory of the Name, deifying those who turn and see, hallowing the Name of glory. The fearful mind tries to control the mind but wisdom empties the mind into… Read more »
Prophecy and prayer conjoin when wisdom dawns, uniting heaven and earth. Uncreated energy of wisdom refines awareness so that the body of glory is revealed in uncreated light. The uncreated fire of the Holy Spirit purifies the heart, revealing the embryonic pearl of priceless stillness, which is the quintessential inspiration of Orthodox Christian Hesychasm. When prophecy is quenched, prayer is… Read more »
Multi-dimensional awareness is natural to wisdom just as multi-dimensional presence is characteristic of glory, opening glorification way beyond the three dimensions of space; namely, length, breadth and height, and the fourth dimension of time. Wisdom begins as a fifth dimension and glory as a sixth, but go on transcending as they unite in the seventh dimension of ineffable oneness. The eighth dimension of… Read more »
Wisdom reveals Holy Trinity as God’s witness to God in God, divine reciprocation, answering the Spirit’s witness to the Son, who reveals the glory of the Father. Reciprocation occurs whenever the invocation of God hallows the saving Name, bestowing the reign of God on those who invoke grace in the Name of Jesus, fulfilling the Lord’s Prayer. The remembrance of God in… Read more »
Holy Orthodoxy is not an ethnic commitment but a martyr’s costly witness, willingly laying down one’s life for the Holy Name of God. The Name asks, who is it who says I AM? God answers, it is I: ‘I AM HE,’ revealing God, through the Holy Name of God. I am ‘HE WHO IS,’ unveiling God in your midst. I… Read more »
Wisdom bestows a kiss of peace unveiling the Song of Songs in the Holy of Holies, embracing the beloved with her radiant gaze. Returning to the Father through the Son, saints rest in peace in the Holy Spirit, abiding in the serenity of stillness. The gentle humour of wise stillness is kindly as it deifies saints in the way of the… Read more »
The moment of truth is ever-present, timelessly initiating us into purification and illumination, timelessly deifying us in Christ’s glorification. The moment of truth is death, death overcoming death by death, baptising us into Christ’s resurrection and ascension, raising us into his glory. The mystery of Christ’s glory is revealed in his death, for it is the cross that unveils the Lord… Read more »
The way of glorification is ineffable in at least two ways, the hallowing way of glorification of God and the sanctifying way of glorification by God. The greater the glorification of God, the greater the glorification by God, which is the ineffable mystery of mutual, doxological reciprocation. From the beginning, reciprocation reveals the co-inherence of God and humanity, unfathomable in its… Read more »
The Spirit of Truth is Truth, not our conceptual perception of something true, so if we remain attached to perception, what we have is perception, not Truth, nor the Spirit of Truth. Awakening to the Spirit of Truth transcends perception but includes intuitive apperception which wisdom infuses in the Spirit. Truth is not something or nothing, nor is it exhausted… Read more »
Trusting grace to save is decisive, for without it pride intervenes, refusing to trust grace, trusting instead in self-willed effort to save us. Self-centred voluntarism usurps God by imposing effort, strain and stress in place of holy trust, causing despair. From the perspective of the unredeemed will, grace is delusional and confused with pride, condemned as heresy or as self-obsessed illusion. Self-centred asceticism… Read more »