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  691 (TASKS/ PENDING NATTERS/ STRESS/ COORDINATION)  Today I will refer to an aspect of our everyday life; that of the various tasks and pending matters, which are awaited to be carried out on our part...  Because, in the same manner that the state of the body affects the state

  690 (DISCERNMENT/ STRESS/ PRESSURE/TRUTH/LIE/ SIN/ SOBRIETY)  Truth, having God as its source and origin, comforts and soothes the soul; whereas falsehood and error, having the devil as their father, disturbs and angers it.  Anxiety, which is a kind of mental compulsion, cannot by itself originate from God; it is

  689 (MOTHER OF GOD/ ORTHODOXY/ ORTHOPRAXY)  (Please allow me to expand a little more than usual on today’s Paternal Advice) Α) PANAGIA (MOTHER OF GOD) (Question): Who is the most beautiful woman of the world? (I hope that what I am asking will not be strange to you!) (Answer):

  688 (SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE/ SOBRIETY/ VIGILANCE/ FALL/ CONSCIENCE/ DAILY ACCOUNT)  Which three matters should we be careful of…in order to avoid a possible fall?  1. If you do not wish to fall into one of your weaknesses (which you have decided not to repeat) you should have sobriety, that is,

  687 (PROBLEM/ SICKNESS/ SADNESS/ PRAYER)  It is said by the teachers, that “Repetition is the mother of learning.”  So, please allow me during today’s Paternal Advice to speak about something that has already been mentioned in previous P.As.  If you are facing a problem, a difficult problem (whether it

  686 (TONGUE/ DISCRETION/ SILENCE)  When you are ready to say something, it may appear to you to be good. However, “the good is no good if it is not properly done”.  Elsewhere it is said, “before speaking once, think twice” (that is, think well, before opening your mouth to

  685 (AFFABILITY/ LOVE/ NEIGHBOUR)  Loving your neighbour demands that you are affable towards him.  For example: Does he give you or does he propose to you anything?... Accept or do immediately and with pleasure what he asks of you without any objection. (Provided that what he asks and/or what

  684 (ORTHODOX HESYCHASM/ HUMILITY/ MEEKNESS)  Orthodox Hesychasm requires external and -mostly- internal tranquillity... When we say “tranquillity”, in Orthodox Hesychasm, we mainly mean the restraint of passions…, as well as the restraint of “thoughts” (logismoi)… This exercise brings us into a state of meekness and humility (since through Orthodox

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