PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

Where the Religious Self Dies and Christ Becomes Life “I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me.” Galatians 2:20 There was a time when I believed that if one went deeply enough into the self, if one endured the long work of analysis with honesty and courage, then something essential would be uncovered and healed. And to a certain extent, this is true. Analysis demands a kind of truthfulness that many never approach. It exposes the hidden movements of the heart. It reveals th