Achieving spiritual purity requires knowledge of the foundations and laws of spiritual life, otherwise an inexperienced ascetic can easily get lost and fall into dreaminess, into delusion. The latter term, used by the Fathers, accurately reveals the very essence of false spirituality: the subtlest flattery of oneself, an opinion of one’s own worth and perfection, pride. Delusion is usually “laid down” in the initially false goal that the ascetic sets for himself: the search for revelations, gifts of grace, spiritual pleasures, ecstasy, knowledge of the secrets of another world. In Orthodoxy, all this is decisively forbidden, since such a desire leads a person to destruction. Saint Ignatius warns: “He who thinks of himself that he is dispassionate will never be cleansed of passions; he who thinks of himself that he is filled with grace will never receive grace; he who thinks of himself that he is holy will never attain holiness. Simply put: he who attributes to himself spiritual deeds, virtues, merits, gifts of grace, flatters himself and amuses himself with an opinion, blocks with this opinion the entrance into himself and spiritual deeds, and Christian virtues, and Divine grace, - opens wide the entrance to sinful infection and demons. There is no longer any ability for spiritual success in those infected with opinion. " https://alexey-osipov.ru/books-and-pu... ???? Osipov Alexey Ilyich - Russian Orthodox theologian, Honored Professor of the Moscow Theological Academy, Doctor of Theology https://Alexey-Osipov.ru Apologetics course for the 4th year of the bachelor's degree at the Moscow Theological Academy. The lecture took place on March 12, 2021. Due to the pandemic, classes with students are held remotely on the Zoom platform. ✨If you liked this video and you want more viewers to see it, then DO NOT FORGET to like the video ???????? and write a comment. You can also share this video on social networks. All this affects the promotion of the channel by YouTube algorithms. ✨The search function on the channel and on the website https://alexey-osipov.ru/ allows you to find answers to HUNDREDS of questions that were asked to Alexey Ilyich earlier. ✨Watch A. Osipov's one-minute videos on INSTAGRAM / professor_osipov INTERESTING VIDEOS: ????Where does SPIRITUAL LIFE begin? - • Patristic experience today. Where w... ????GIFTS of the Holy Spirit - • GIFTS of the Holy Spirit. SPIRITUAL LIFE... ????WHAT DOES PRAYER GIVE A PERSON - • What DOES PRAYER GIVE A PERSON? ????How to KEEP FAITH in our time - • HOW to KEEP FAITH in our time? / Al... ????The Foundations of FAITH in GOD - • Why is there a God? The Foundations of Faith in G... PLAYLISTS: ✅PROBLEMS OF MODERN SOCIETY •PROBLEMS OF MODERN SOCIETY ✅WHAT IS ORTHODOXY?: • WHAT IS ORTHODOXY? ✅ABOUT SPIRITUAL LIFE: • WHAT IS SPIRITUAL LIFE? BOOKS BY A.I. OSIPOVA can be downloaded for FREE in any format convenient for you using the links below: ✍ SPIRITUAL LIFE - https://alexey-osipov.ru/books-and-pu... ✍ LOVE, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY - https://alexey-osipov.ru/books-and-pu... ✍ Hegumen Nikon (Vorobyov) LETTERS ON SPIRITUAL LIFE - https://alexey-osipov.ru/books-and-pu... ✍ GOD - https://alexey-osipov.ru/books-and-pu... Other books by the author are available on his official channel in the publications section: https://alexey-osipov.ru/books-and-pu... For a more objective assessment, it is important for us to know the opinion of everyone who watched this video ????????. Archive of lectures and books https://Alexey-Osipov.ru ???????????? DOWNLOAD https://alexey-osipov.ru/video/apolog... OFFICIAL SITE https://Alexey-Osipov.ru YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/user/osipoval... INSTAGRAM / professor_osipov VK https://vk.com/a_i_osipov FACEBOOK / aiosipov OK https://ok.ru/prof.osipov YANDEX ZEN https://zen.yandex.ru/professor_osipov TELEGRAM https://t.me/professor_osipov VIBER https://invite.viber.com/?g2=AQAOCNM6... TIKTOK / professor_osipov ???????????? #SpiritualLife #Osipov #prayer #Orthodoxy #Catholicism #Catholicism