AMBITION – SHIPWRECK AT THE PORT. THEOLOGICAL-SPIRITUAL VIEW
/CTIŽIADOSŤ – STROSKOTANIE LODE V PRÍSTAVE. TEOLOGICKO-DUCHOVNÝ POHĽAD/

Elena SAKOVA

reference, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Presov in Presov, Masarykova 15, 080 01 Presov, Slovakia, elena.sakova@unipo.sk, 00421517724729

Abstract

There is nothing more beneficial for someone's natural and honest behaviour and also for his or her relatives, as when in his modesty and obedience he lives in accordance with God's commandments and see himself in the way he/she is. Ambition can totally distort this natural human state and destroy everything, that the man reached in asceticism. The biggest threat to the man are thoughts and fantasy, by which a devil obscures man´s mind, and a soul is taken away from the Creator and leads it towards creation.

Keywords

ambition, vice, asceticism, fame, thought

SUMMARY

Theosis is a condition which lot of eager and pious souls tried to reach desiring after eternal blessedness. Christ's love promises to man freedom, accretion, participation on everything what is wise, good and absolute. This goal, for which the man was created, was corrupted by fall. Man didn't satisfy himself with union with Limitless and Eternal, but even today tries to be himself limitless. This false power with which man 'dominate' is given to him by passions. Passions dominate to man, they are overpowering his will, they bring him to condition of passivity and servility. Passions bring man to the condition of total doubt. The most crafty passion is ambition. Ambition likes all passions. This multiform doom is like a tricorn which we can throw any way and it shall always have one horn up. Even the ambition represents for man big evil and destruction Church always had and will have treatment for every ailment, physical or spiritual.

(Language: slovak)

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