Dear Gillian I am astonished at the ‘Buddhistic’ nature of early Christian monasticism. For years I studied various scholars who speculated broad associations whilst the
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Email: Evagrius the Solitary (345–399) [6.6.2020]
Dear Gillian I was listening to the work of Evagrius the Solitary (345–399) regarding the eight patterns of evil thought that must be identified, subdued and uprooted through monastic discipline and practice. The
The Orgasmic ‘Bliss’ of Monastic Practice
The ‘bliss’ associated with higher levels of contemplation and meditation, is, in my experience, a body-wide muscular contraction that continuously ripples up and down. This
Middle Ages: Gnosticism and Homosexuality
Researcher’s Note: The Roman Catholic Church – once it became the State religion of Rome – attacked and destroyed all the other (competing) Christian Sects
A Three-Dimensional Mind
What follows describes a ‘moment’ of the mind and its awareness. This ‘moment’ is timeless and could be hinted at by ‘silence’, or one, two
Self-Isolation is Monasticism
By Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD Knowing emptiness, deluded vision is purified;Contemplating loving kindness, behaviour is perfected,Understanding the unity of multiplicity is meditation;And the ultimate goal is
