tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post5276360153513777456..comments2024-01-07T04:57:21.347-07:00Comments on Pithless Thoughts: The Hermit DelusionSteve Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04319784922747041297noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-62611602172950739872010-03-02T17:25:15.143-07:002010-03-02T17:25:15.143-07:00Amen
Fr John ChagnonAmen<br /><br />Fr John ChagnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-24627412981406700272010-02-28T20:39:57.789-07:002010-02-28T20:39:57.789-07:00Tom, at least it was your "Plan B", you ...Tom, at least it was your "Plan B", you are not as deluded as some other people... :)Steve Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04319784922747041297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-13901989292512264212010-02-28T19:54:27.852-07:002010-02-28T19:54:27.852-07:00Thank you for these challenging words particularly...Thank you for these challenging words particularly relevant to me this Great Lent.Ian Climacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04350299659929402887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-40412020879120610172010-02-28T11:11:42.950-07:002010-02-28T11:11:42.950-07:00Dammit! Bang goes plan B!Dammit! Bang goes plan B!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-16009822236542404162010-02-28T01:34:56.927-07:002010-02-28T01:34:56.927-07:00anywhere you go, you find you still standing there...anywhere you go, you find you still standing there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-1147212784388308952010-02-27T17:11:45.515-07:002010-02-27T17:11:45.515-07:00Oystein, One misconception about monasticism is th...Oystein, One misconception about monasticism is that it is "living as a hermit". In the Orthodox tradition of monasticism, monks always live in community. If anything being a monk is MORE difficult because you don't get to be by yourself AND you HAVE to live with people you didn't pick (like a wife). Being a Hermit is only permitted with the blessing of a spiritual father and only for those who have been perfected in a communal setting so they are not allowed to run away from people and their issues, but are leaving people because in a sense people are no longer an issue and they are prepared to live in solitude with God and wrestle more deeply within themselves. There are a couple of interviews with Abbott Jonah about monasticism in the "Our Life in Christ" audio archives (Link in the sidebar of my blog). I encourage you to check them out.Steve Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04319784922747041297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-50005006065106987852010-02-27T15:38:37.297-07:002010-02-27T15:38:37.297-07:00Very interesting. I can relate totally, and especi...Very interesting. I can relate totally, and especially to the first commenter on Orr's site. Is one to take st. Cassian's words that passions need to be purged BEFORE one becomes a monk, to mean that asceticism is best practised in the world, where all sorts of temptations abound? Many questions arise: who can then become a monk? And taken to it's extreme, doesn't it sort of undermine monasticism? And is this opinion of St. cassian not contradicted by the fact that the most humble people on earth are the saintly hermits found in desolate places, who have engaged for decades in solitary ascetic practice?<br /><br />Oystein from NorwayØysteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00830405231161710671noreply@blogger.com