by cutsinger | Mar 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’m gratified to hear that you’ve been able to extract from your academic studies some useful spiritual guidance. What’s the point otherwise of a religion major? You should be thankful that there are professors at your university who, even if they do...
by cutsinger | Mar 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
I would reassure you first that you’re not alone. I receive messages with some frequency from Orthodox, both clergy and laity, who are deeply interested in the perennialist school but who feel they can’t really talk about it with their priests or...
by cutsinger | Mar 6, 2008 | Uncategorized
What’s the preferred form of the Jesus Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me” or “… have mercy on us”? As you know, both forms are found in the tradition, and clearly both have their value. It depends in part on one’s...
by cutsinger | Mar 3, 2008 | Uncategorized
To say the personal God is not fully real is not to say He is unreal. You seem to be thinking of a strict black-or-white dichotomy: either real or not, either completely true or completely false. The key here is to remember the idea of a “great chain of...
by cutsinger | Feb 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
If you’re finding discursive and intercessory prayer more “gratifying” and “fulfilling”, there’s certainly nothing wrong in keeping your focus on that. It’s a question, at least in part, of calling and opportunity. A jnanic...
by cutsinger | Feb 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’m happy to know you found my “Comparative Religion” syllabus helpful, though I did have to smile when you talked about “reviving the philosophia perennis within the context of modern academia”. Let’s not get carried away! A...
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