Fr Zacharias from Holy Momastery of John the Forerunner, Essex, England, speaks on the nature of what the Church Fathers call the Spiritual Heart, the Nous* (Intellect); and their union through prayer. Please click here for the video talk, courtesy of Pemptousia
Note
*The word
'mind' or 'intellect'(nous) as used by Fr Zacharias in this talk, does not refer to
reason, discursive thinking or logical thinking, but to the organ of the
soul by which the soul can 'know', that is directly apprehend,
spiritual realities; not by drawing conclusions, but directly under the
inspiration of divine Grace. The Greek language makes a distinction
between nous (translated as 'mind' here) which is the spiritual organ of
knowledge of the soul; and diania or 'reason' the organ of knowledge of
the brain through the senses and discourse (logical thinking). Orthodox Christian
anthropology affirms that man has both organs of knowledge. Thoughts,
reason and the senses can interact with the nous, both in a positive and
in a negative manner, and in that way affect the heart, the spiritual
center of man.
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