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What are the stages of spiritual life? What are the challenges specific to each stage and how can we achieve them in our lives? What are the categories into which people are divided according to grace? You will find the answers to these questions and others related to them in the present material. Enjoy viewing! For Pomelnice and Donations go to: https://www.chilieathonita.ro/pomelni... For more articles (texts, translations, podcasts) see https://www.chilieathonita.ro/ To subscribe to this channel: click/tap the [[ Subscribe / Abonare ]] button or click here https://www.youtube.com/c/OChilieAtho... Chapters: 00:00:00 Preview 00:00:31 The Pentateuch and its contents 00: 01:48 A similar phenomenon in society today 00:02:32 The first period of spiritual life 00:03:29 The obstacle given by self-love 00:03:59 The second stage of spiritual life. Entering the Promised Land 00:06:11 How does the old man die and what does this help. Withdrawal of grace 00:08:41 An example of understanding the connection between people 00:10:10 The influence of personal sin on fellow human beings 00:10:55 Cleanliness of the spiritual mind 00:12:37 Withdrawal of grace 00:13:31 What leads to the withdrawal of grace 00 :14:24 What saves us when we lose grace 00:15:08 Thoughts, imagination are the gate of the devil 00:16:03 The stage of alternating grace - temptations 00:17:30 The consequences of indifference and lack of struggle 00:18:35 Those who I tell the truth... 00:19:52 The way to the Kingdom of Heaven and what it is 00:21:48 About guarding the mind and its importance 00:23:58 Slavery to the passions. The analogy with thoughts 00:24:45 Categories of state and passions 00:26:27 The signs of the hierarch, bishop, archimandrite, priest 00:28:50 The spiritual correspondence of the three status-related tagmas