The main duty of the spiritual man is to keep his mind clean
The main duty of spiritual people is to keep their mind free of intrusive thoughts. This is necessary because the devil is forever seeking a meeting of minds with his prey. Giving in to just a single thought is enough for him to gain a foothold and engage in spiritual combat.
And any mistake which we make in practice has already existed beforehand in the realm of our thoughts.
Based on St. Maximus the Confessor, Abba Mark
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The main duty of the spiritual man is to keep his mind clean from intrusive thoughts. This is necessary because devil ceaselessly seeks the mental accord with his prey. Consent of just one thought is enough pretext for him to obtain the necessary power to mentally battle someone.
And any mistake which we make in actually has before it a mistake in the world of our thoughts.
