The 400 Chapters of Love, by St. Maximos the Confessor
Talk by Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen), part 3 

Chapters 42-100.
Includes discussions of:
1. How to keep one's gaze fixed on God; 
2. Moving on from guilt; 
3. The role of humility and suffering in spiritual progress; 
4. Pure prayer, our goal ... no thoughts or images, just pure awareness of God; 
5. Dealing with thoughts and distractions; 
6. Loving all people because of the spiritual perception of the image of God in them. Seeing others as God sees them; 
7. Living the dispassionate life, indifferent to fame or honor, riches or poverty, pleasure or distress, even life or death; 
8. Many other helpful pointers on how to live a spiritual life and experience the presence of God. Using the time that you have to progress spiritually.

Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Washington, DC
March 2, 2021
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