tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382810614574791176.post1624400547590577385..comments2023-10-24T04:24:51.405-04:00Comments on Orthodox Way of Life: Pay attention to our thoughts and seek to quiet them....Fr Dn Charles Joinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06402529668011722050noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382810614574791176.post-41629918925141797762012-06-07T12:26:59.881-04:002012-06-07T12:26:59.881-04:00God gave us anger to attack the devil. So there a...God gave us anger to attack the devil. So there are times when it is necessary to be harsh against interruptions in prayer but you need to quickly return to a peaceful concentration on the words. The advice in snot to argue with the negative thoughts but to chase them away, to totally in gone them. Once you start debating them you are drawn into the snare and no telling where the argument ends up. Push the bad thoughts away until you can observe them and they automatically dissipate.Fr Dn Charles Joinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402529668011722050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382810614574791176.post-32368523553749364732012-06-01T04:46:56.395-04:002012-06-01T04:46:56.395-04:00Fr, I am trying to work out the relationship betwe...Fr, I am trying to work out the relationship between this detached way of observing our thoughts to the more violent terms of the Church Fathers. I hear the Father's using terms like despise, think of hell, death, and the judgement, cut down, chase out, and such and such words. So, am I seeing two distinct ways of dealing with thoughts with one being detached and another being violent or are these "violent" words essentially describing the detached way of observing thoughts?Genesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07809824812223526263noreply@blogger.com