About this episode

The episode explores St. Paisios's teachings on repentance and discernment in contrast to modern spiritual practices.

Modern spirituality promises healing. St. Paisios points to something much deeper. In the conclusion of our trilogy on yoga, the New Age, & Orthodox Christianity, Dr. Michael Christian & John examine the teachings of St. Paisios the Athonite on repentance, discernment, the passions, logismoi, prayer, & communion with Christ. Rather than becoming fascinated by counterfeit spirituality, St. Paisios calls us to become transformed through humility, confession, repentance, & the healing of the whole person. Topics include: • Yoga & Orthodox Christianity • New Age spirituality • Logismoi (thoughts) • The passions • Philautia (self-love) • Spiritual deception (prelest) • Discernment • The Jesus Prayer • Prayer vs spiritual technique • Healing through repentance Drawing from With Pain & Love for Contemporary Man , Passions & Virtues , Spiritual Awakening, Family Life , & The Gurus, the Young Man, & Elder Paisios , this episode offers the Orthodox answer to today's search for healing. Chapters: 00:00 Coming Up 00:39 Orthodox Health Intro 02:09 St. Paisios & the Orthodox Answer to False Spirituality 08:49 Why Modern Man Is Vulnerable to Spiritual…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Michael Kuhn

Guests: Dr. Michael Christian, John

Topics covered

• Orthodox Christianity
• spiritual deception
• repentance
• yoga
• New Age spirituality
• discernment
• healing

Keywords

• St. Paisios
• repentance
• spirituality
• Orthodox Christianity
• yoga
• New Age

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: With Pain & Love for Contemporary Man, Passions & Virtues, Spiritual Awakening, Family Life, The Gurus, the Young Man, & Elder Paisios

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