2013-02

Cultural Collapse and Schizoid nature of modern society; purification of memories and imagination; Remembrance of Death and Perception of Religious and Spiritual Reality; Prayer as essential to identity as human beings and our life

Healing of the Nous through purification of the memories and recollections; Analogy of Psychoanalysis - projecting memories onto screen of Nous to be healed through mortifications and asceticism, detachment; why the thoughts that arise through the memory are the most irksome and challenging to address in the spiritual life; a healing that takes years. . .

Importance of Holy Spirit in teaching Nous how to heal the soul; Holy Desire necessary for pursuing purity of Nous, Striving for perfection; Asceticism and Modern Culture; How to communicate the value of asceticism.