Tools Matter: Beginning the Spiritual Journey (Biblia.com)

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How can we tend the garden of our souls? Mary Margaret Funk turns to the wisdom of the desert fathers for the means of removing obstacles to spiritual growth, which include such weeds as thoughts of food, sex, possessions, anger, dejection, and pride, among other preoccupations. Redirecting thought can lead to a greater awareness of God and purity of prayer. This method to mental discipline may...

inner spiritual work and for spiritual counsel of another because we cannot discern when we are filled with rage. . The description about anger continues, warning that unchecked anger may lead to depression (Inst. 9.4) and sometimes to madness or furious rage (Inst. 8.19.1–3). Because an angry person is contributing to universal disharmony, such madness may have consequences for the collective, not just the individual. Our fundamental goal is purity of heart. Thoughts are obstacles to that

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