Stillness as a Means to Attain to the Godly Passion of Love

Abstract

"This paper explores the role of mental prayer in achieving the image and likeness of God and renouncing worldly passions, bringing hesychastic theory into conversation with the life and outward conditions of modern man. Keywords: St. Silouan the Athonite, St. Sophrony (Sakharov), ascetic labor, stillness, hesychia, hesychasm, spiritual perfection, mental prayer, prayer of the heart, divine likeness, contemplation and vision of God, spiritual pleasure "