Excellent piece. My prayer life is hugely important to me. I pray, at minimum, 5 times a day (Resh plus before sleep). Usually more than that. And I owe my attitude towards prayer to my brief handful of years as an Orthodox Christian. Being guided in hesychasm by my spiritual father, Fr. Timothy, laid the foundation for all mystical successes I have enjoyed since.
That is wonderful. It is often very difficult to express the fruit of prayer to people who haven't experienced it. Modern occultism tends to flee from it despite its abundance in the source materials. Establishing it within my work was the moment everything came together, but I won't lie, it is Work sometimes. I use that word quite deliberately. Regular meditators will understand this feeling intimately. As I'm sure you know though, the rewards are worth it and quite beyond words to describe. "Awe" is the closest word I can find.
Excellent piece. My prayer life is hugely important to me. I pray, at minimum, 5 times a day (Resh plus before sleep). Usually more than that. And I owe my attitude towards prayer to my brief handful of years as an Orthodox Christian. Being guided in hesychasm by my spiritual father, Fr. Timothy, laid the foundation for all mystical successes I have enjoyed since.
That is wonderful. It is often very difficult to express the fruit of prayer to people who haven't experienced it. Modern occultism tends to flee from it despite its abundance in the source materials. Establishing it within my work was the moment everything came together, but I won't lie, it is Work sometimes. I use that word quite deliberately. Regular meditators will understand this feeling intimately. As I'm sure you know though, the rewards are worth it and quite beyond words to describe. "Awe" is the closest word I can find.
Exactly the right word. Awe.