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Cassian taught that real intimacy with God in prayer demands renouncing one's former way of life, the thoughts belonging to that former way of life, and one's very idea of God. In Thoughts Matter, Mary Margaret Funk focuses on the second of these: renouncing the thoughts belonging to one's former way of life. Her eight chapters focus on different thoughts"-food, sex, anger, dejection, acedia (profound weariness of the soul), vainglory (taking credit for good actions), and pride.
Funk explains well how failure to control these thoughts can undermine our spiritual life, and she instructs readers on how effectively to overcome these thoughts and to focus instead on thoughts in harmony with God's will. The result is an experience of joy, hope, and freedom from enslavement to our appetites. Readers will come away enlightened, strengthened, and inspired to delve more deeply into a life of intimacy with God.
Contents
Contents
Iconographer's Preface ix
Rebecca Cown
Introduction xvii
Chapter 1: About Thoughts 1
Chapter 2: About Food 16
Chapter 3: About Sex 31
Chapter 4: About Things 65
Chapter 5: About Anger 79
Chapter 6: About Dejection 104
Chapter 7: About Acedia 115
Chapter 8: About Vainglory 141
Chapter 9: About Pride 159
Notes 177
Appendix 1: Monastic Practices 185
Appendix 2: Was Jesus Angry? 188
Select Bibliography 195
