Guarding the Heart
The ancient practice of interior vigilance
This exploration is coming soon. It will cover the practice of guarding the heart — the kardia — as described by Theophan the Recluse and the broader hesychast tradition.
The exploration will examine the biblical and patristic understanding of the heart as the seat of the person, and what it means practically to guard it: not suppressing feeling, but maintaining a deep interior vigilance against the patterns of thought and desire that gradually turn the person away from God and toward distortion. It will draw especially on Theophan's extraordinarily practical letters of spiritual guidance.