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???? More quotes from Great People on the YouTube channel - / @2live The Holy Fathers said: "It is better to live with a spiritual father in the marketplace than alone in the desert." And also: "Spiritual orphanhood is harder than carnal." The Venerable Macarius wrote: "Achieving salvation precisely consists in acquiring a guide and cutting off one's own will and mind." Sometimes they say that it is enough for laypeople to simply live according to the commandments. Yes, the commandment is given to us, but in life it can be fulfilled in different circumstances in different ways. And it is not always easy to understand what is happening: is it a temptation or what the Lord wants from you. Spiritual life does not only mean being in the clouds, it consists in revealing the laws of spiritual life, to the extent that they are applicable to a given person in his situation, in his conditions. And the Optina elders revealed these spiritual laws to lay people, helped them understand and comprehend life's circumstances, instructed them on the path to salvation. All the Optina elders were spiritual leaders of the laity. Spiritual guidance, care took place personally and through correspondence, through instructions. Reverend Joseph wrote: "I believe that everyone who comes to Optina Pustyn in their extreme need will find satisfaction by the Grace of God... for the prayers of our great fathers." The Reverend Optina elders cared for all of Russia for more than a century and continue to instruct us, their descendants, continue to pray for us. Let us lean towards their instructions and teachings as to living and healing water. __________ #quotes #aphorisms #parables #quotesofgreatpeople #wisdom #saltoflife