On 11/8/2014 9:38 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
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empty, I can see what a beautiful tradition this is, spare and
unadorned like the desert itself. Unrelenting in its vast vast
presence, changing and nonchanging intertwined forever. I love that
effortlessness means to rest attention in the heart.
Thanks for posting...
>
The nerd probably should have changed the subject line to /Early Church
Patriarchs/ because he didn't tell us much about the /"Litemint and the
Bitches"/.
The ascetic tradition and the /"two principles"/ doctrine was borrowed
from the Buddhist gnosis and passed along on the Silk Road. That's why
Mani taught a syncretic Buddhism: /Manicheism/.
P.S. There seems to be a problem on FFL with informants staying on
topic. Go figure.
>
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*From:* "emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
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*To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
*Sent:* Saturday, November 8, 2014 8:41 AM
*Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Litemint and Vicious Bitches
Share,
The Desert Fathers/Mothers and the Early Church Patriarchs were from
an ascetic tradition. "Effort" meant "nepsis" - the preservation of
vigilant attention. Effortlessness meant to rest that attention in the
heart and then offer everything to God. That is why they were called
the Neptic Fathers.
If interested, try this - The Therapeutic Strategy of Nepsis
<http://ancientchristianwisdom.com/2012/11/06/the-therapeutic-strategy-of-nepsis/>
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<http://ancientchristianwisdom.com/2012/11/06/the-therapeutic-strategy-of-nepsis/>
The Therapeutic Strategy of Nepsis
<http://ancientchristianwisdom.com/2012/11/06/the-therapeutic-strategy-of-nepsis/>
For the ancient fathers, a basic prerequisite for genuine growth in
the spiritual life involves a constant attitude of nepsis or
watchfulness. The word neps...
View on ancientchristianwi...
<http://ancientchristianwisdom.com/2012/11/06/the-therapeutic-strategy-of-nepsis/>
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It will give you some of the characteristics of original Christianity.
That means the original tradition before the historical split between
Rome and Constantinople. That means the era when the Pope was known as
the Bishop of Rome rather as a titled dictator.
