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  671 (REPENTANCE/ SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE)  The true repentance (for something specific) presupposes: 1. True awareness of the mistake (sin). 2. True repentance for this. 3. True wish and desire not to repeat it.  After you pass all these 3 criteria· from now on: 1. You may rejoice! 2. You may

  670 (SIN/ PASSIONS/ ATTENTION/ NEPSIS (SOBRIETY)/ STRUGGLE)  The present Paternal Advice is related to the previous one, 669.  We all know by experience, that at the point where a glass has cracked, we do not apply pressure!  The same applies to passions: We must be aware that passions are

  669 (TEMPTATION/ CONSCIENCE/ GOOD/ BAD/ STRUGGLE)  Have you fallen into temptation? Is your bad thought telling you to do B, but the right thing to do is A? You want to do A, which is right and not B, which is wrong. At that point the battle commences between

  668 (CARNAL MATTERS/ CARNAL THOUGHTS (LOGISMOI)/ CARNAL WAR)  I would like you to know that carnal matters and carnal thoughts and temptations are a means used by the devil to keep us under his control. These thoughts and temptations are a pure lie, a pure illusion and fraud, full

  667 (PROBLEM/ PATERNAL ADVICE/ PRACTICAL ADVICES AND SOLUTIONS)   Whenever we face a problem (a situation, a blunder, an impediment, an error, a fall, etc.) let us search for the present Paternal Advices that are included here, ALL PATERNAL ADVICES, so that we may find an immediate answer and

  666 (SICKNESS/ PAIN/ FAITH)   I wrote in P.A. no. 526:   «Do you have a pain in your body and you do not feel well or you worry somewhat? Cross the painful part four times and say each time: In the name of the Father, Amen. And of

  665 (SIMPLICITY/ GOD)  The Holy Trinity is simple· simple and indivisible. Having been created at the image of God, we have by nature a simple soul.  To put it simply, after the fall, our soul acquired diversity, multiformity and versatility.  However, our good God wants us simple… in thought,

  664 (LANGUAGE/ CHATTER/ SILENCE)  Be aware that the less you talk, the less you sin!  The wise Solomon says in his Proverbs: “Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.” That is, “One does not avoid sin if one chatters”.  And he adds: “The