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Don’t laugh
1. Don’t laugh2. Understand wisdom3. Peace4. Understand wisdom5. Don’t panic
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Posture
1. Posture2. Preserver innocence3. Pleasure4. Patience5. Perseverance
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Metropolitan Anthony Khrapovitsky
Even a pious person is not immune to spiritual sickness if he does not have a wise guide — either a living person or a spiritual writer. This sickness is called “prelest”, or spiritual delusion, imagining oneself to be near to God and to the realm of the divine and supernatural. Even zealous ascetics in…
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13. Preventing A Fall
Honor and shameare the same as fear.Fortune and disaster are the same for all. What is said of honor and shame is this:Whether absent or present,They are inseparable from the fearthat they give rise to. What is said of fortune and disaster is this:They can befall any person. By the accident of good fortuneone may…
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Responsibility
1. Responsibility2. Honesty3. Accountability4. Relax5. Clarify your feelings
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Do what you signed up for
1. Do what you signed up for2. Pay attention3. Do not think my ideas are right4. Make sure that you smile at things5. Brush your teeth
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St. Seraphim of Sarov
When despondency seizes us, let us not give in to it. Rather, fortified and protected by the light of faith, let us with great courage say to the spirit of evil: “What are you to us, you who are cut off from God, a fugitive for Heaven, and a slave of evil? You dare not…
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10. Concerning Wealth
It is advisable to refrain frompursing riches.Continual handling and sharpeningwears away the most durable things.If the house is full of jewels,who will protect it?Wealth is a burdenthat needs too much care. To stop when good work is doneis the way of Heaven.
David Given Schwarm
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