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When passing on a spiritual tradition, therefore, we must be wary of the scholastic approach, sometimes misnamed 'scientific' or wissenschaftlisches, which, when employed in matters pertaining to the Spirit, is no more than one's self-diffidence boosted by the authority of secondary sources. What matters is not my knowledge of what they say about mindfulness, but the fruit, which my own humble struggle to practice it, produces in me for my benefit and for the benefit of others.
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A discerning person (anthropos diakritikos), according to the Orthodox Greeks, is someone perpetually mindful or watchful of God working in all things and at all times. Ever conscious of God's Love, which is God's Will, a vigilant Christian is never taken unawares by circumstances. In the eschatological discourses of the Gospels, Jesus advises us to read the cosmic signs that announce God's recurrent visitations and thus remain watchful and awake every hour of the day and night, that is to say, remain perpetually mindful. Hence there is no better description of biblical spirituality than ceaseless vigilance or perpetual mindfulness.
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Aloysius Pieris
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April 9, 1934
(age 90)
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Aloysius Pieris is a Jesuit Priest and the director of the Tulana Research Center for Encounter and Dialogue in Sri Lanka.
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