Conquering Depression: Heavenly Wisdom from God Illumined Teachers
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (741 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0938635956 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 134 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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His heart is ever tender and compassionate toward human pain and suffering. --Fr. Selfless activity. Confessor Ilian of Mount Athos God loves to be a comforter. The traitor Judas was a defeatist, inexperienced in spiritual warfare; as a result he was reduced to despair by the enemy's onslaught, and he went and hanged himself. Seraphim Rose, 1982 Remember always: if your way of life is hard and sorrowful, it is correct; but if you live in comfort, wealth and honor, and still more in carnal pleasures, you are on the road to perdition. John of Karpathos The
CONQUERRING DEPRESSION presents a brief life of a healer of depression of our century, New Martyr Maria of Gatchina, together with a treasury of eternal teachings from the Holy Fathers and Mothers throughout the ages who taught from personal experience on how to fly out of the cage of despair. Rather, it is an artificial golden cage, which imprisons the human spirit; and with the aid of cybernetics, this prison becomes mental and spiritual as well as material. Depression, "gloom and doom," although an ancient enemy, is especially prevalent in our modern times. But since the soul by its nature needs God, the loneliness becomes unbearable for the soul and produces dissatisfaction, despondency and despair. Modern man is caught in his golden cage like a bird, and cannot but despair for lack of spiritual freedom. When man estranges himself from God, the source of life, life on earth becomes meaningless, or meaningful only in the sense of self-gratification. Modern society is Godless. Godless not because man doesn't need God, but because he forgets God, being too busy "developing" the earth. Depression (a mode
A Customer said Break the bonds of hopelessness & attain true freedom.. Depression, a modern word for hopelessness, is increasingly prevalent in our times. This book presents the teaching of Eldress Maria of Gatchina, a Russian Orthodox nun, together with other fathers and mothers of the Church on how to break the bonds of hopelessness and attain the spirit of freedom.. This is a great book with various writings from the holy fathers and This is a great book with various writings from the holy fathers and Orthodox saints on depression. St Herman always publishes great stuff.