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“The one who requests less than he deserves from God will surely obtain more than he deserves. This is clearly shown by the tax collector who requested forgiveness but obtained justification, and the thief who merely requested to be remembered in His Kingdom but he inherited Paradise.”

—St John Climacus

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Leila Chatti, from “Tea”

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life after psychosis

In a fast paced world we easily fall into the pits of self idolatry and self pity. In my case it made me fall into addiction.

I tried to hold onto the numbing effects of marijuana but I slipped into a frightening spiritual battle between the accuser and myself.

I was put into psych ward for 40 days, alone in this dessert I was confronted with the feelings I was trying to run away from.

Despite this period of solitude I found myself and I found God. I got the chance to focus on my spiritual growth.

I still have a long way to go but I've finally found peace into practicing the stillness of christian spirituality in a loud world.

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pomegranate tree in 怡园yiyuan, suzhou, jiangsu province of china by飞行器的执行周期

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If you see a man who has sinned and do not pity him, the grace of God will leave you. Whoever curses bad people, and does not pray for them, will never come to know the grace of God.

☦︎ St. Silouan the Athonite (commemorated today, Sep. 24)

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The Kei Truck Garden Contest (2018)

The Japan Federation of Landscape Contractors organizes an annual landscaping contest, where landscaping contractors from around Japan arrive on site with their mini pickup trucks and then spending several hours transforming the cargo bed into a small garden.

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Haverst on Instagram

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“Show respect to your neighbor, regardless of age, status, or any other distinguishing factor—and gradually, holy love will begin to appear in your heart. The source of that holy love—is not flesh and blood, it’s not affection—it is God. Those who are deprived of the glory of Christianity are not deprived of another glory, which they received at creation: they are icons of God. If the icon of God is thrown into the fire of the terrible hell, I still must respect it there too. Why do I care about fire, hell! There the icon of God will be thrown by the judgment of God: my duty is to preserve respect for the icon of God, and thus to preserve myself from hell. And to the blind, the leper, the one with impaired mind, the infant, the last transgressor, and the heathen, I will show respect, as to the icon of God. What concern have you with their weaknesses and shortcomings! Take care of yourself, so that you do not lack in love.”

—St Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807–1867)

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We live in an age where we idealize fleeting ideas as opposed to the eternal principles of the most high order.

Modern society must be a laughing stock to classic philosophers…

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Athos (2016)

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We're tugged and pulled from all sides by spiritual forces in the name of politics.

We're cornered into allegiance in the name of politics.

But in the name of my fellow human beings and as a follower of Christ I refuse to participate in this dubious and deceitful ultimatum.

Because, aside from all these imposed labels we tend to hide our true selves from; we're all simply human.

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Mozu: 名古屋展 (2021)

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JACCS カード Card Commercial, 1987 animated by Seiichi Hayashi.

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indulgence