The short ladder of spiritual progress – which is at the same time both small and great – has five rungs leading to perfection. - Gregory of Sinai
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About Gregory of Sinai
Gregory of Sinai (1260s–1346) was a monk of Mount Athos in Greece. He is known for his role in developing the tradition of hesychasm at Mount Athos, and also for founding Paroria Monastery in Bulgaria. Some of his writings are also included in the Philokalia. His disciples included Nicodemus of Tismana, Athanasius the Meteorite, and Callistus I of Constantinople.
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We recover the original state of our memory by restoring it to its primal simplicity, when it will no longer act as a source of evil and destructive thoughts. For Adam's disobedience has not only deformed into a weapon of evil the soul's simple memory of what is good; it has also corrupted all its powers and quenched its natural appetite for virtue. The memory is restored above all by constant mindfulness of God consolidated through prayer, for this spiritually elevates the memory from a natural to a supranatural state.
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