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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Elder Paisios: On Spiritual Vision

If people would only put the brakes on their speeding minds, not only would their mind find rest, but it would be more receptive to divine Grace. 

Without divine illu­mination, knowledge ends in disaster. Those who strive and labor for their spiritual life have their mind illumined by God; they receive divine illumination, divine experiences, and these give them foresight, so that they don’t see things only through their own understanding. 

A short-sighted person sees clearly the things that are close, but not what is far away. As for a person with normal vision, well, he may be able to see a bit farther, but that too is not an accomplishment. We cannot have more than two physical eyes; but we can have many spiritual eyes.

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