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September 2009 
Spiritual Man vs the Carnal
Posted on Jun 24th, 2009
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boznamedsoo
boznamedsoo
Through his mind man comes into contact with the ineffable divine power, while in his body he is akin to animals. But those men are few who as real, that is intelligent, men strive to turn their thought to God and the Savior, and to gain kinship with Him, and who prove this by deeds and a virtuous life. The majority, whose souls lack good sense, disregard this Divine and immortal sonship and incline towards the dead, beggarly and short-lived kinship with bodies. Thinking only of physical things and inflamed by lust, like dumb animals, they cut themselves off from God of their own action and bring their souls down from heaven into the abyss of carnal desires.
St. Anthony the Great --- Early Fathers from the Philokalia
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