St. John Climacus on paying attention to our thoughts and actions.

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One of the most important spiritual disciplines is paying attention to what you do and why you do it. What happens when we stop paying attention? St. John Climacus answers,

He who has lost sensibility is a witless philosopher, a self-condemned commentator, a self-contradictory windbag, a blind man who teaches others to see. He talks about healing a wound, and does not stop irritating it. He complains of sickness, and does not stop eating what is harmful. He prays against it, and immediately goes and does it…All the time he is his own accuser, and he does not want to come to his senses—I will say cannot.

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