/lit/ - Literature

>>13061658
And yet, here you are, suffering through every single day, instead of living happily under the guiding light provided by the one above, enjoying your days as it was meant to be done, in this temporary garden of Eden.
I'll pray for you, anon.

>>13007510
God bless, friend. Hopefully you'll have some good reading tomorrow.

>>12355108
>Also interested in Christian approaches, but I don't like most of the Christian contemplative traditions for the same reason that they are traditions first and foremost, and instead of being philosophical, many seem to denigrate speculative philosophy and advise simply meditating on aspects of the gospels and such.
The Traditionalist school is basically trash for Christianity. Guenon went so far as to say that Christian Sacraments are invalid. Phillip Sherrard is probably the best one. Sherrard helped G.E.H. Palmer and Met. Kallistos Ware to translate the Philokalia. Pick that up and read as much as you can on Hesychasm. St. Gregory Palamas was the most famous defender of Hesychasm. Read the Triads and parts of the Philokalia. Just a warning so I can keep a clean conscience, The Philokalia has traditionally been quite difficult to get, being handed from spiritual father to his spiritual children when they were mature enough. These days it is HIGHLY reccomended to read it only when you are spiritually mature and under the close guidance of a spiritual mentor. Most laypeople don't really engage with it that much