Many of us go about our daily lives unaware that from the moment we wake up until we go to sleep, we are engaged in spiritual warfare. There is a battle being fought for our very souls. This may sound extreme, but if we examine our thoughts, words, and actions, we can see how our values are constantly being undermined. <\/p>\n
Throughout our day, we gather all sorts of useless and harmful thoughts which we later struggle to get rid of, for they become deeply rooted in us. Thus, we constantly struggle with sinister thoughts, and cannot think clearly.<\/p>\n
Habit builds character; we become what we repeatedly do. The attention we give to bad thoughts begins to shape our words and deeds; these, in turn, reinforce those same thoughts, forming a vicious cycle that tightens around us like a cobra constricting its prey. It becomes increasingly difficult to break free from its grip. <\/p>\n
“All spiritual life is based on thoughts. Progress in spiritual life depends on our thoughts\u2026 The best enterprise is for someone to establish a factory of good thoughts. Then, even bad thoughts will be transformed into good ones by his mind. For example, when you look upon a person as a soul, as an angel, you can ascend angelically to heaven and your life becomes a festival. But if you look upon a person in a carnal way, you descend into hell” (St. Paisios the Athonite, Spiritual Counsels, Volume III: Spiritual Struggle).<\/p>\n
We must learn to guard our minds in order to break destructive patterns, and fight back through prayer, discipline, and spiritual discernment. True change does not begin with actions, it begins with your thoughts.<\/p>\n
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\u25b6 Spiritual Counsels, Volume III: Spiritual Struggle – St. Paisios the Athonite
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\n\u25b6 Talking Back (Antirrh\u00eatikos): A Monastic Handbook for Combatting Demons – Evagrius of Pontus
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\n\u25b6 Exorcism: The Battle Against Satan and His Demons – Fr. Vincent Lampert
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\u231b Timestamps<\/p>\n
0:00 The Vicious Cycle of Sinful Thoughts
\n3:18 Waking Up to the Reality of Spiritual Warfare
\n6:35 Guarding the Mind: The Inner Fortress
\n12:00 How Our Thoughts Create Suffering
\n18:05 Talking Back: Cutting Off Intrusive Thoughts
\n22:49 Not Every Thought is Yours
\n24:26 The Power of the Psalms as Spiritual Weapons
\n26:00 The Art of Spiritual Discernment
\n28:37 Sinful Thoughts Harm the Intellect
\n30:08 Sources of Good and Evil Thoughts
\n31:09 The Ego-Drama, The Devil, and True Freedom
\n32:50 The Extraordinary Activity of The Devil
\n34:45 The Ordinary Activity of The Devil
\n38:48 Healing Inner Brokenness
\n44:43 A New Chapter Begins: The Past Is Wiped Clean
\n50:06 From Inner Brokenness to Union with God
\n51:08 We Live in Unprecedented Times for Spiritual Growth<\/p>\n
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\ud83d\udcdd Sources<\/p>\n
– See Recommended Reading List above
\n– Bible
\n– Paradise Lost – John Milton
\n– Nichomachaen Ethics – Aristotle
\n– Man and His Symbols – Jung
\n– Letters from a Stoic – Seneca
\n– Meditations – Marcus Aurelius
\n– In My Own Words – Padre Pio
\n– Spiritual Exercises – St. Ignatius of Loyala
\n– The Devil You Don\u2019t Know – Fr. Louis J. Cameli
\n– Praktioks – Evagrius of Pontus
\n– https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QM2uY5-
\n– https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7dnTjJ_hH0w
\n– https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KQOSzZprIO4&t<\/p>\n
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