Mortification
Mortification of the flesh means putting the flesh to death. Mortification of the flesh in a ritualized setting can help people get over these bad addictions that hurt them. The practices often show that there is more to us than our desires and served as rights of passage. Am I advocating self-mortification? No. I am advocating experience. No one practice.
“For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.” Saint Paul (Rom 8:13).
What is Mortification of the Flesh?
Mortification of the flesh means putting the flesh to death. It has been and is still practiced in all cultures… Read More
Addiction vs. Practice
Mortification of the flesh to what purpose, dis-identification? Yes, indeed. When people still undertook it with the proper intent, but… Read More
Practices of Mortification of the Flesh
To speak more on mortification of the flesh practices, they often show that there is more to us than our… Read More
Experience over Practice
Are you advocating for self-mortification? No. I am advocating experience. No one practice. When you are impassioned, and begin cleaning… Read More
Natural Rhythm
An example of a modern mortification of the flesh is caffeine. It tends to make us feel very alert, but… Read More
Feeling Safe
It is safe to say that both mortification of the flesh and the stock market crash are manifestations of something. We… Read More
Religion as Addiction
Is religion a new addiction of self image? Often times it is, from my observation. This is why modern organized… Read More
Virtue and Vice
Yes, I have changed. I have reached a personal crisis, and it is here that I have had every idea… Read More