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Also, abuse brought by thoughts, in addition to the natural dispensation, has power from our negligence, lack of fear of God and pride, and also condemnation of our neighbors. In everything the Lord is able to grant you forgiveness; what now, reading, you don’t understand, don’t try to find out; do what you understand, then even that will be revealed to you. It is necessary to have bodily labor according to your strength, but you are so lazy that you cannot even take or tidy up your clothes yourself; you have to force yourself to do it. It’s good that you came across a girl so meek and unquestioning; and if she were rude and grumpy, then she would show you your structure. The point is not just to go to church and sit down at the hoop, but to look after your heart and destroy passions: pride, pride, vanity, anger, rage, malice, gluttony, lust of the flesh, and so on; This is precisely what our spiritual warfare consists of – to resist passions, to destroy them with the help of God. Extracts from Nikon's book of Black Mountain can be rewritten; they are useful. You should not allow someone to kiss the hand of others, no good will come from this, but say: “God bless”; You don’t bless, but God blesses, that’s possible. In conversations, as much as possible, avoid condemnation by changing it to another matter, or abolish it by silence. Mnogohreshny I.M. July 26, 1855. You might be interested in: