The Jesus Prayer and Deity Mantras: The Athonite Imiaslavie Teaching and Tibetan Visualization Practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 245-260
Author(s):  
Thomas Cattoi
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Prayer

The First Assisting Exercise from the Third Series

Gurdjieff ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 149-156
Author(s):  
Joseph Azize
Keyword(s):  
Mystical Experience ◽  
The Third ◽  
Jesus Prayer ◽  
The Absolute

The second exercise in Life Is Real, Only Then, When “I Am,” is the First Assisting Exercise, which is probably adapted from the Jesus Prayer, especially in the form taught by Nicephorus the Solitary in the Philokalia, and evokes the “Ego Exercise” as Gurdjieff told Ouspensky it was practised on Mount Athos. The exercise is set out, and its apparent simplicity is shown to be a highly developed and sophisticated product of much distillation of thought and experience. It is based around the conscious uttering of the words “I Am,” which is central to Gurdjieff’s teaching and techniques. This strengthening the feeling of one’s own presence marks Gurdjieff’s system as what scholars term a “dialogical form” of mystical experience, i.e. one in which one’s sense of individuality is not merged with the Absolute.

scholarly journals Believing in God the Father: Interpreting a phrase from the Apostle’s Creed

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Sarot
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Jesus Prayer ◽  
Apostle's Creed ◽  
God The Father

In our days, the creedal phrase ‘I believe in God the Father almighty’ is interpreted primarilyalong Trinitarian lines: It is applied to God as the Father of Jesus Christ. Here I argue that ithas a dual background: in Jesus’ prayer practice, in which He consistently addressed God as‘Father’, and in the Hellenistic habit of referring to the Creator as ‘Father’. I discuss Jesus’ useof the term ‘Father’ against its Old Testament background, and argue that it primarily pointsto the intimacy of Jesus’ relationship with His father. Against the Hellenistic background,however, the metaphor ‘Father’ means ‘he who brings forth effortlessly’. Finally, I discusssome gender issues connected with the use of the term ‘Father’ for God.

The Angel and the Sweat Like “Drops of Blood” (Lk 22:43–44): 69 and f13

2005 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Clivaz
Keyword(s):  
Early Christianity ◽  
Early Church ◽  
Critical Problem ◽  
Jesus Prayer ◽  
External Evidence ◽  
Complex Question

Eldon J. Epp recently asserted that “the greater the ambiguity in the variant readings in a given variation unit, the more clearly we are able to grasp the concerns of the early church.” I agree with this principle and submit that the famous text-critical problem regarding the authenticity of Luke 22:43–44—the agony of Jesus on the Mount of Olives, which mentions the angel and the sweat “like drops of blood”—has not yet yielded its store of information about early Christianity, particularly in Alex-andria. This article has the modest purpose of presenting two technical notes on the complex question of the external evidence (from the manuscripts) bearing on Luke 22:43–44. These findings provide some of the groundwork for a reappraisal of the Lukan account of Jesus' prayer on the Mount of Olives. This article has the modest purpose of presenting two technical notes on the complex question of the external evidence in the manuscripts bearing on Luke 22:43–44.

scholarly journals Does John 17:11b, 21−23 refer to church unity?

2011 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gert J. Malan
Keyword(s):  
Early Christianity ◽  
Separate Entity ◽  
John The Baptist ◽  
Jesus Prayer ◽  
Church Unity ◽  
Johannine Community ◽  
The Church

In ecumenical circles, John 17:11b, 21–23 has been understood as Jesus’ prayer for church unity, be it confessional or structural. This article questioned such readings and conclusions from historical, literary and sosio-cultural viewpoints. The Fourth Gospel’s language is identified as ’antilanguage’ typical of an ’antisociety’, like that of the Hermetic, Mandean and Qumran sects. Such a society is a separate entity within society at large, but opposes it. Read as a text of an antisociety, John 17:11b, 21–23 legitimises the unity of the separatist Johannine community, which could have comprised several such communities. This community opposed the Judean religion, Gnosticism, the followers of John the Baptist and three major groups in early Christianity. As text from the canon, this Johannine text legitimates tolerance of diversity rather than the confessional or structural unity of the church.

scholarly journals Stając się modlitwą. Trzy postaci, trzy głosy (tłum. B. Brzezińskiego)

2018 ◽  
pp. 253-271
Author(s):  
Michael Plekon
Keyword(s):  
Life Meaning ◽  
The Real ◽  
Raising Children ◽  
Jesus Prayer ◽  
Monastic Community ◽  
Positive Meaning ◽  
Prayer Of The Heart ◽  
Watching Tv ◽  
The Relationship

The article Becoming what we pray: Three images, three voices by professor Michael Plekon presents three persons who were very important for Orthodox culture, spirituality and thought — saint Seraphim of Sarov, Mother Maria Skobtsova and Paul Evdokimov. Showing the most substantial facts from their life and activity the author exhibits the real transformation, metamorphosis of their personalities, hearts and consciousnesses under the action of practice of the Jesus' Prayer or the prayer of the heart. The main aim of the article is — one can suppose — to underline the role of the Jesus' Prayer in changing people who systematically practicing it in their life, and in giving them the power to go over the stereotypes, myths and customs, even religious. The heart of the matter is emphasizing — in positive meaning — the real close union between the prayer andthe life and the relationship with neighbour. Professor Plekon stresses that “the personaland interior aspects of this prayer are never separated from liturgical prayer and ourlives”. Christians believe in salvation and resurrection of Jesus Christ and they practice the Jesus Prayer, but this prayer formula is not only devoid of life meaning formula but it is the method of changing the whole human mentality, in each everyday circumstances concerning family, marriage, work, life in monastic community, doing shopping, reading books, watching TV programs, raising children, writing the scientific articles, being in different social and cultural situations, generally — it changes all, the vision of life and the universe.

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