My worst enemy right there. Distraction, Lust, Wrath, Addiction... Only God can take these away from my Spirit. It's hard when you've lived your whole life without Him... Leaving the wordly and fleshly behavior behind is difficult, the path is narrow but so worth it. Salvation is going to take me ages but i will not surrender to the ruler of this world. God bless you all immensely. 🙏
Don't underestimate the little thieves and their leader and don't give up ive resisted sin longest yet then I fell for 4 days straight and I kept praying Jesus prayer after sinning and crying and now it's been weeks and it's pretty easy comparing to earlier. Life of saints and all videos lole thos on this channel are amazing also talk to a priest
I struggle with this, too... what is the answer, though..? Are we to just do away with EVERYTHING? Meaning do nothing but reading scripture or faith related literature and prostrate while saying the Jesus Prayer?
@@OrthoLou idk man to me it came naturally I just keep losing interest in things that excited me before and my gf finds it weird that I don't talk about cars or videogames almost at all anymore it's almost always God I see God in everything and that stops the demons and their toughts also I was an intellectual Christian w zero spirituality and it was really bad i think if you are 100 % sure God is real and Jesus is Son and Word of God with time all else becomes nothing snd you focus on securing your eternal life and not money ,lust,pride,ego etc I never used headphones at my job but everyone else does for music I got headphones recently and all my shift i listen to prayers ,scripture or saints lives and also practicing humbleness and keeping my filthy mouth closed I have problem w judging others obv now I counter it with Jesus prayer but my brain automatically judges people idk how to explain it its years and years if not decades of work and you can't give up no matter what.
We are going to Platina 8/31-9/2… I am planning on walking from Platina to the monastery on Sunday before the Vespers and Panahida in honor of Fr Seraphim Rose. I hope some people can join me!
I am definitely a distracted person. Even as I listened I had thoughts about doing things, thinking that just because my thoughts are Church oriented, they are not distributed.
Yes exactly a deep dive into this when we have now the Internet you tube, ebay Google etc whereas we used not to have affects even the children of God. Evil is on superficial sensual and on dopamine fixes and on.... An occupation yes one might also add use the body walking, nature gardening, yoga etc whatever demands bodily focus, yes as they say the army does young men good for this reason.
"Must forbid themselves all vain occupations." So no music. No movies. No fictional books, even. No watching sports (something I don't do anyway, but most do). Yeah... I feel like I have no chance.
God knows our condition and our heart, he is good and forgiving. Only him can deliver us from distraction and save us. Please lord, have mercy on us, help us to escape the distractions and to focus in your will with humility, Amen
I pick them myself. I look for texts that are especially relevant, cover various topics, are by saints and holy ones, and more. If I’m uncertain about a text I will ask my spiritual father, but generally I pick what I read. I hope it’s been helpful.
I actually have a recording coming out soon from St. Theophan about this. Wholesome hobbies that produce something, even if it’s simple, and increase knowledge are not at all sinful, but encouraged. Of course, all things should be done with responsibility. But check out the upcoming recording. It should answer your question better.
@OrthodoxWisdom I genuinely wish I wasn't born during a time period where we have films. They're something I've loved since I was in diapers, but now I just feel like they're leading me to Hell.
