Watchfulness: How Do I Overcome My Blindness?

Episode 8 September 07, 2024 01:25:25
Watchfulness: How Do I Overcome My Blindness?
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Watchfulness: How Do I Overcome My Blindness?

Sep 07 2024 | 01:25:25

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How Can I Overcome My Blindness?  Reference materials for this episode:  St Gregory Palamas The Homilies Homily 34: On the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord & God & Savior Jesus Christ St Symeon The New, Theologian On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, Vol 2 Fifth Discourse Book of Mystical Chapters: Meditations on the Soul’s Ascent St Mark the Ascetic Sayings of the Egyptian Fathers St Hesychios St Thalassios the Lybian The Ladder of Divine Ascent St John Climacus The Dhammapada: The Path of Perfection translation by Juan Mascaro Scripture citations for this episode: Psalm 101/102 The Christian Saints Podcast is a joint production of Generative sounds & Paradosis Pavilion with oversight from Fr Symeon Kees Paradosis Pavilion - https://youtube.com/@paradosispavilion9555 https://www.instagram.com/christiansaintspodcast https://twitter.com/podcast_saints https://www.facebook.com/christiansaintspodcast https://www.threads.net/@christiansaintspodcast Iconographic images used by kind permission of Nicholas Papas, who controls distribution rights of these images Prints of all of Nick’s work can be found at Saint Demetrius Press - http://www.saintdemetriuspress.com All music in these episodes is a production of Generative Sounds https://generativesoundsjjm.bandcamp.com Distribution rights of this episode & all music contained in it are controlled by Generative Sounds Copyright 2021 - 2024

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