Wisdom awakens the ‘eye of the heart’ to the uncreated glory of God’s reign, opening to the timeless presence of uncreated light, revealing vision of God in the ‘Eternal Now’ of God’s Holy Name. Presumptious parodies fall far short of uncreated glory, failing to give glory to God, but the eternal covenant of uncreated grace restores glory to God, redeeming… Read more »
Nearer than near, God’s reign of glory is breaking in, opening the eyes of blind guides, healing deaf hearts, saying ‘turn’ and ‘see,’ enter in where union with God restores glory to seers. Turn and hear the eternal Logos singing in your heart, awakening logoi everywhere, revealing God, listening to the voice of things giving glory to God, turning death into… Read more »
The energy of glory is like a flaming fire, consuming confusion as it communicates communion, imbibing union with God in wisdom, consummated in glory. Tongues of flame descend with Pentecostal fire as the Paraclete cleanses hearts with burning flame, awakening hearts in the mind of Christ, deified by glory. The flame of the Name reveals God’s reign of glory with uncreated… Read more »
Tears awaken when grace unites the mind in the heart, puncturing the heart with uncreated light, deifying saints with uncreated glory. Compunction pierces the heart long after weeping is interiorised, wounding seers with enlightening glory, unveiling the reign of the Name. Tears are not morbid self-obsession but gladdening light, opening heaven to earth with piercing glory. With tears, compunction transfigures remorse into… Read more »
Active receptivity unites receptivity with the activity of remembrance of God, reflecting the divine-human mysteries of Christ, who is receptively active in his active receptivity. Taught by the Spirit, peace is conveyed on earth as in heaven, uniting active with receptive remembrance. Deep beneath the troubled surfaces of worldly concerns, active receptivity endures in the cave of the heart, uniting uncreated… Read more »
Pierced by glory, the heart awakens to wisdom, transfixed by uncreated energy, transforming conflicting affliction into peaceful communion. The heart bleeds, but distraction turns into interaction, beholding God’s glory on earth as in heaven. Pierced by wisdom, the heart is purified and illumined, deified by mysteries of timeless glory. Temporal awareness thinks the Jesus Prayer is vain repetition, invoking God in… Read more »
Stillness abides in uncreated light, revealing glory to wisdom, knowing God as God knows God, transcending worldly knowledge. Stillness awakens the inmost heart where God dwells, revealing glory to wisdom, uniting awareness with presence through the Holy Name of God. Hesychast tradition bears witness to the divine presence, partaking in the timeless life of heaven, which is God’s eternal life in heavenly… Read more »
The mystery of glory is revealed by wisdom but hidden from ambitious scrutiny which seeks to puff up pride. When wisdom is awakened, pride is humbled, because vainglory subjects glory to vanity instead of restoring glory to God. Hell is what happens to heaven when pride rides roughshod over wisdom, preferring arbitrary opinion to wise discernment. That is why self-condemnation to… Read more »
Orthodox Hesychasm centres in the heart with vigilant awareness, revealing flawless purity of heart in uncreated light, image and likeness of the radiant beauty of translucent glory. The uncreated clarity of compassionate wisdom severs the passions from their addictive clinging, transplanting them in God as passionate love of God, practicing wisdom with the directness of pure awareness. Quintessentially, the heart… Read more »
Holy doubt dismantles the worldly certainties which usurp God, parodies which parade themselves in worldly minds like false gods, claiming allegiance in opposition to the wholesome reign of God. Holy doubt works together with faith in God, supporting trust, in contrast to worldly doubt, which undermines trust in God. The ‘Book of Revelation’ contains the heart of Biblical insight into discernment between these… Read more »