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  749 (‘NOUS’-MIND/ BRAIN/ SOBRIETY/ PRAYER/ PHILOKALIA)   We should be aware, my brethren, that as man is a dual entity (comprising soul and body), we do have both ‘nous’ (mind) and brain. ‘Nous’ belongs to the soul and the brain to the body.  We should also be aware that

  748 (GOOD SELF-CONFIDENCE)  Today's weekly Paternal Advice is about GOOD SELF-CONFIDENCE.   (GOOD SELF-CONFIDENCE/SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE/ SPIRITUAL ZEAL/ EXERCISE/ THOUGHTS)  It is common for believers, when they read about the lives or teachings of saints and their physical or spiritual exploits, to record - with the collaboration of the evil

  747 (ETHOS/ NEIGHBOUR/ SINCERITY/ NATURALNESS/ DOWN TO EARTHNESS)   Try to be restrained in your relationships with people...; both in words and in behaviour.   Your careful and measured life will endear you to people, but most of all, to God!   Speak with simplicity, naturalness, honesty, in a

  746 (PRESENT TIME/ SANCTIFICATION)   Live in the present time and at the same time sanctify it! Unfortunately, most people live in the past and/or in the future... But the past has already gone and the future belongs to God.   So, what exclusively belongs to us is the

  745 (THE ALL-POWERFUL JESUS PRAYER)  - Who can say that problems do not fall upon him? - Who can say he has not hit a dead end? - Who can say that he does not have moments when he feels powerless to achieve something? - Who can say he

  744 (SILENCE/ CRITICISM/ NEIGHBOUR/ IDLE TALK/ REPENTANCE/ DISAPPOINTMENT/ HOPE)   (SILENCE/ CRITICISM)   Do nοt be in a hurry in expressing your opinion or draw conclusions about something or someone.   (IDLE TALK/ IDLENESS)   Do not engage in idle talk, neither in idleness. Excuses for these there will