Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty: Philosophy and Humanistic Sciences
In Eastern spirituality fasting has both a physical and a spiritual side. Physical fast involves ... more In Eastern spirituality fasting has both a physical and a spiritual side. Physical fast involves refraining oneself from consuming certain types of food and reducing the amount of food allowed to be consumed. The spiritual fast implies the spiritualization of the human being by avoiding hollow thoughts, facts that are against moral laws, inappropriate words. Both physical and spiritual fast create the proper conditions that lead to spiritual and bodily health. The purpose of fasting is the spiritual ascension, the bodily health being only a side effect of the ascetic endeavors of the human being. A person can only be declared healthy if both his/her soul and his body are in good health. Of course, the medical aspects of fasting should not be forgotten either, the Christian having the duty of properly taking care of his body, by not neglecting or disregarding it. Having a dichotomous nature, the human being must be concerned with the soul, but also with the body, fasting being the means by which the soul manages to dominate the passionate impulses of the body. Fasting has an important religious-moral value, it is a welcome act to God, a means of removing passions and sins, an instrument of lust control, a separation from the materialism of the present world. Fasting is a way to acquire the moral order within society, being a means of Christian philanthropy, an instrument of helping people, a way through which society can progress.
Among the challenges that Europe must face today is the recognition and valuing its Christian roo... more Among the challenges that Europe must face today is the recognition and valuing its Christian roots. The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (The Lisbon Treaty) has avoided direct reference to the Christian roots of Europe, but has mentioned the religious heritage as the origin of the development of universal values on the basis of which the European project has been able to build its future. Many critical voices, such as that of Jacques Chirac and the Pierre Moscovici, denied the contribution of Christianity to the formation and development of the European Community. But the denial of Europe's Christian roots implies a betrayal of its culture and history. Christianity has united and given to the Europe meaning for all peoples to live in communion. Europe needs the affirmation of its Christian origins, the valorisation of moral values that have been planted from the beginning, which have developed and have been born for centuries. Europe needs Christianity to exist, to not sink, to be able to live in peace and build a civilization of good understanding between its citizens.
Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty: Philosophy and Humanistic Sciences
In Eastern spirituality fasting has both a physical and a spiritual side. Physical fast involves ... more In Eastern spirituality fasting has both a physical and a spiritual side. Physical fast involves refraining oneself from consuming certain types of food and reducing the amount of food allowed to be consumed. The spiritual fast implies the spiritualization of the human being by avoiding hollow thoughts, facts that are against moral laws, inappropriate words. Both physical and spiritual fast create the proper conditions that lead to spiritual and bodily health. The purpose of fasting is the spiritual ascension, the bodily health being only a side effect of the ascetic endeavors of the human being. A person can only be declared healthy if both his/her soul and his body are in good health. Of course, the medical aspects of fasting should not be forgotten either, the Christian having the duty of properly taking care of his body, by not neglecting or disregarding it. Having a dichotomous nature, the human being must be concerned with the soul, but also with the body, fasting being the means by which the soul manages to dominate the passionate impulses of the body. Fasting has an important religious-moral value, it is a welcome act to God, a means of removing passions and sins, an instrument of lust control, a separation from the materialism of the present world. Fasting is a way to acquire the moral order within society, being a means of Christian philanthropy, an instrument of helping people, a way through which society can progress.
Among the challenges that Europe must face today is the recognition and valuing its Christian roo... more Among the challenges that Europe must face today is the recognition and valuing its Christian roots. The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (The Lisbon Treaty) has avoided direct reference to the Christian roots of Europe, but has mentioned the religious heritage as the origin of the development of universal values on the basis of which the European project has been able to build its future. Many critical voices, such as that of Jacques Chirac and the Pierre Moscovici, denied the contribution of Christianity to the formation and development of the European Community. But the denial of Europe's Christian roots implies a betrayal of its culture and history. Christianity has united and given to the Europe meaning for all peoples to live in communion. Europe needs the affirmation of its Christian origins, the valorisation of moral values that have been planted from the beginning, which have developed and have been born for centuries. Europe needs Christianity to exist, to not sink, to be able to live in peace and build a civilization of good understanding between its citizens.
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