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2. If someone should want to behold the state of his mind, let him deprive himself of all mental representations, and then he shall behold himself re… - Evagrius Ponticus
" "2. If someone should want to behold the state of his mind, let him deprive himself of all mental representations, and then he shall behold himself resembling sapphire or the colour of heaven. It is impossible to accomplish this without impassibility, for he will need God to collaborate with him and breathe into him the connatural light.
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About Evagrius Ponticus
Evagrius Ponticus (345–399 AD) was a Christian monk and ascetic.
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Evagrius the Solitary
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Evagrius of Pontus
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81. Agape is the progeny of apatheia. Apatheia is the very flower of ascesis. Ascesis consists in keeping the commandments. The custodian of those commandments is the fear of God which is in turn the offspring of true faith. Now faith is an interior an interior good, one which is to be found even in those who do not yet believe in God.
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