Κεφ. ΚΑ'
The Danger of Lingering Anger
Unresolved anger invites spiritual turmoil and demonic influence that weakens the mind for future struggles.
Do not let the sun go down on your anger, lest the demons stand over you at night, terrify the soul, and leave the mind more fearful of the next day's battle. For terrifying visions naturally arise from the turmoil of anger, and nothing makes the mind desert its post so readily as a turbulent spirit.
Read the original Latin
Ὁ ἥλιος μὴ ἐπιδυέτω ἐπὶ τῷ παροργισμῷ ἡμῶν, ἵνα μὴ νύκτωρ ἐπιστάντες οἱ δαίμονες ἐκδειματώσωσι τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ δειλότερον ποιήσωσι τῇ ἐπιούσῃ τὸν νοῦν πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον· τὰ γὰρ φοβερὰ φάσματα ἐκ τῆς ταραχῆς τοῦ θυμοῦ πέφυκε γίνεσθαι· οὐδὲν δὲ λειποτάκτην οὕτως ἄλλο τὸν νοῦν ἀπεργάζεται ὡς θυμὸς ταρασσόμενος.
The Praktikos companion
A daily portion of stillness
Chosen Portion delivers one short contemplative reading and a guided moment of silence each day — the ascent, one step at a time.
Chosen Portion is the paced doorway into this collection: it portions the dense mystical treatises into one daily reading plus guided silence, exactly as the 14-day plan teaches.
- Daily bite-sized excerpts from the contemplative classics, never a wall of text
- A built-in timed stillness practice that grows from 2 minutes to 10
- Gentle progression through the tradition — the app remembers where you are on the ascent