PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

On the Shattering of the Self That Tried to Survive Through Suffering “Truly every man living is vanity.” Psalm 38:6–7 (Grail) There comes a moment when a man realizes that even his suffering cannot hold him together. He thought it could. He thought the pain gave him weight. He thought the wound gave him substance. He thought the affliction proved that he existed, that he mattered, that something real was happening inside him. He thought his suffering was solid. But the psalm