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Cast off the burden of sin and you will find within you the upward path that will make your ascent possible.

Tito Colliander

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Tito Colliander
Age: 85 †
Born: 1904
Born: February 10
Died: 1989
Died: May 21
Poet
Writer
St. Petersburg
Tito Fritiof Colliander
Upward
Find
Cast
Make
Casts
Burden
Sin
Path
Asceticism
Possible
Ascent
Within

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Remember: there is no place, no community, no external circumstance that is not serviceable for the battle you have chosen. The exception is only such work as directly serves your vices.
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Nothing happens accidentally or in such a way that you cannot learn from it you must understand this at once, for this is how your trust grows in the Lord whom you have chosen to follow.
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We notice the person who is for ever bowing and fussily servile, and perhaps say, How humble he is! But the truly humble person escapes notice: the world does not know him.
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Say nothing of the new life you have begun or of the experiment you are making and experiences you expect to have. All this is a matter between God and you, and only between you two.
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Through practice he has accustomed himself to wish for nothing, and for a person with no wishes, everything goes just as he wishes, explains the Abbot Dorotheus. His will has coincided with God's will, and whatever he asks, he will receive.
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This obstinate will to personal happiness is the cause of unrest and division in your soul. Give it up and work against it: the rest will be given you without effort.
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Faith comes not through pondering but through action.
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However weighed down and entangled in earthly fetters you may be, it can never be too late.
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Thus you are led from moment to moment in your halter of preoccupation with self, and kindled instantly to displeasure, impatience or anger if an obstacle intervenes.
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You must learn to follow privately the Lord's bidding: not to speak empty words, not to adorn yourself, always to obey authority, not to look at a woman with desire, not to be angry and much else.
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Instinct seeks satisfaction. Love is free of all demands.
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