The Collapse That Opens the Kingdom “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.”  — Gospel of Matthew 5:3 ⸻ Poverty of spirit is not an emotional mood. It is not feeling badly about oneself, nor is it a pious posture. It is the state of a man who has been emptied of every false ground of existence. The fathers do not sentimentalize it. They speak of it as a tearing away, a dismantling, a stripping that leaves a man exposed before God without defense

On Repentance, Hypostasis, and the Cosmic Vision in Christ “When we ourselves have become images of Him, we ‘overcome the world’, we rise above the world’s level, we become cosmic and even supra-cosmic—in the measure of our likeness to Christ.” — Saint Sophrony of Essex ⸻ What is expressed above is precisely the inner logic of the Fathers when they speak of person , hypostasis , and the vision of Christ. What Saint Sophrony of Essex describes is not an exaltation of the relig

Life in the Spirit After the Collapse of the Religious Self "Our God is a consuming fire." Coming Soon!: A Four-Week Pentecost Retreat on Life in the Spirit After the Collapse of the Religious Self ⸻ Saturdays Dates: April 11, 18, 25 and May 2 Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT Retreat Synopsis This four-week Pentecost retreat is not a teaching in the usual sense. It is an invitation to enter the work of the Holy Spirit as it actually unfolds within the soul. Following the path opened