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<blockquote data-quote="Grow Bag" data-source="post: 1532010" data-attributes="member: 19077">I've been thinking about his fight a lot and why it gave me so much inspiration in own my spiritual battle . To see two men getting repeatedly knocked down, getting up each time and digging deep, then digging deeper still, left a deep impression on me. I'm reading the excellent Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality by Kyriacos C. Markides again and I was just looking up the Orthodox concept of askesis (spiritual discipline) and the first website I opened had this to say:The word askesis comes from a Greek verb which means to exercise, to strive, or to contend with the dedication of an athlete. St. Paul used the image of a boxer when referring to his own practice of self-discipline. &quot;I harden my body with blows and bring it under complete control, to keep myself from being disqualified after having called others to the contest&quot; (1 Corinthians 9:26-27). Askesis can be translated as &quot;spiritual discipline,&quot; &quot;spiritual striving&quot; or &quot;spiritual training.&quot;[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]http://www.stanthony.ws/orthodox/what_is_askesis.htm[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grow Bag, post: 1532010, member: 19077"] I've been thinking about his fight a lot and why it gave me so much inspiration in own my spiritual battle . To see two men getting repeatedly knocked down, getting up each time and digging deep, then digging deeper still, left a deep impression on me. I'm reading the excellent Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality by Kyriacos C. Markides again and I was just looking up the Orthodox concept of [I]askesis [/I](spiritual discipline) and the first website I opened had this to say: [COLOR=rgb(147, 101, 184)]The word [I]askesis[/I] comes from a Greek verb which means to exercise, to strive, or to contend with the dedication of an athlete. St. Paul used the image of a boxer when referring to his own practice of self-discipline. "I harden my body with blows and bring it under complete control, to keep myself from being disqualified after having called others to the contest" (1 Corinthians 9:26-27). [I]Askesis[/I] can be translated as "spiritual discipline," "spiritual striving" or "spiritual training." [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.stanthony.ws/orthodox/what_is_askesis.htm[/URL][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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