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683 (SILENCE)  • Keeping silence knowingly is above all philosophy!  • Less talk means less sin.  • Silence is golden…  • Silence is the atmosphere of the noetic prayer (Jesus Prayer).  • Silence is the art of helping you to circumvent all adversities/difficulties.  • Silence is the means of bringing

  682 (GOD/ NEIGHBOUR/ SIMPLICITY/ LOVE)  1. Be careful not to do anything which may affect your relation with God.  2. If you find yourself before a dilemma, either to sadden your neighbour or God…, choose the first.  3. Simplicity and love demand that you do not misunderstand the person

  681 (“CONTINUITY”/ TARGET/ VANITY/ FALLS/ FAILURES)  Maintain the blessed and unbroken “continuity” to God…. Do not procrastinate at superfluous or vain or deceitful matters… Do not stop at your falls or at your failures…  Rather, keep and follow your continuity to God…, towards your target, to things pure, to

  680 (PLEASURE/ WEAKNESS/ ABSTINENCE)  When something presents itself to you to which you have a weakness, be careful because it may dominate you! Restrain yourself! Do not let it capture your heart!  Instead, place in front of you your “holy programme”, your “holy decisions” (taken during your introspective evening

  679 (THOUGHTS/ OBSESSIONS/ DEVIL)  When you see a thought to “stick” and not going away, be aware that it originates from the…psychopathic, maniac and obsess-ridden devil, in cooperation with our fallen nature.  Do not try to resist it… Simply turn the “look” of your mind elsewhere and…ignore it!  

  678 (FAMILY/ MISUNDERSTANDINGS/ HUMILITY)  Although it should not, unfortunately it happens in the same house, in the same family, to have misunderstandings, resentments, even “hostile” encounters between its members. This may also happen to you and surely you do not like it!  Trust me, the best reaction on your

  676 (SIMPLICITY/ HUMILITY/ NEIGHBOUR)  Civility, courtesy, simplicity, and humility demand from you to be affable when something is offered to you. Accept it with simplicity and pleasure. 677 (NEIGHBOUR/ LOVE) Gladly give your place, your turn, your right…to your neighbour! “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Mark 12.43), says the