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I'm interested in seeing how people in the various world religions handle the topic of judging other people. I just came across this beautiful quote from a 7th Century East Syrian Christian ( or "Nestorian") monk and it got me thinking along these lines:If your religion doesn't have a specific teaching in this area I would be happy to hear your own personal opinion as well. What do you make the idea expressed by Simon ?
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On a side note I've been finding many of the East Syrian spiritual writers like Isaac of Syria, Dadisho Kattraya, Abraham Bar Dashandad, John of Dalyatha, Abbdisho Hazzaya.... really interesting. It's a shame more people don't know about them. It's kind of like the church lost to history for most westerners. These writers have such love and compassion they are really some amazing people.
"The soul which bears abundant clusters of fruit is the one which has driven out of itself anything that says: 'This man is good, and that man is bad; this man is just, and that man is a sinner.'... The barren soul is the one which judges its neighbor as being good or evil."...'When the grace visits us, the light of love of our fellow-men, which is shed on the mirror of our heart, is such that we do not see in the world any sinners or evil men; but when we are under the influence of the demons, we are so much in the darkness of wrath that we do not see a single good or upright man in the world...When the mind has completely shut it's eyes not to notice the weaknesses of our neighbor, the heart is rejuvenated in God."
- Simon of Taibutheh
- Simon of Taibutheh
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On a side note I've been finding many of the East Syrian spiritual writers like Isaac of Syria, Dadisho Kattraya, Abraham Bar Dashandad, John of Dalyatha, Abbdisho Hazzaya.... really interesting. It's a shame more people don't know about them. It's kind of like the church lost to history for most westerners. These writers have such love and compassion they are really some amazing people.
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