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COMMENT On Modern Life No.1 Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
STARTSI The 'elders' of the Inner Tradition 
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THE ELDERS The Hermit's Message The Western Version Christian Fourth Way Lost Christianity Saints are made
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21. Abstract of : 'Ora et Labora' It is normal today to believe that to work for spirituality one should somehow avoid thought. From this misconception come many of the problems of the way: for who can avoid thought? Instead, all real spiritual methods must be understood differently. The activity of thought is continuous, so that one basic formula is that - except at specific points which will be understood by those who can attain them - the mind should be intentionally kept busy. When this is done correctly, the parasitic, accidentally triggered thoughts are replaced by thoughts that have been intentionally selected. Change of mind must become secondary to change of heart, and the connection between the two is the attention. Nevertheless, one of the great problems in all 'work on oneself' - including the early stages of prayer of the heart - is the overactive mind, and the borrowed, accidental, or unintentional thought to which this exposes us: the memories playing back the past unselectively, a kind of inner muzak, like the background music in a restaurant. So prevalent is this problem, that many of the ascetic aids to living a Christian life are specifically targeted at remedying it, or designed to work against this whenever this parasitic activity of the mind appears to prevent their primary aim. |
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* CONTENTS * ABSTRACTS A New Vision The Ark A Different Christianity Philosophers of God St. Gregory Palamas Cross-fertilisation Abstraction & attention Lost Doctrines Lost Christian truths The Royal Road Inner language History of Christianity Christian Therapy The First Millennium Christian Psychology Different kind of mind One thing needful Emotional Education Magnetisation to God Eastern Church spirituality God's drill Threshold of prayer Ora et Labora Research Report Mystical History Cultural Evolution Esoteric Christianity The Barbarian Within Spiritual crisis of the West
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