Beware of pride

when I was a student I had met an amazing

child and we went to the holy mountain together

years passed he

married pure he had not touched no he

had not hurt nor had the woman touched a beautiful child

he became a scientist he got married he came to the holy mountain

he passed from my cell he was going elsewhere to another hermitage to a famous

ascetic and

once returning from that ascetic he stopped at my cell to

host him I hosted him because we were lovers from our student days

and he would come out the next day and tell me what is

happening to him the boat goes slowly in this place

until it climbs on top of the cell the time passed and they saw him with joy

we embraced him we welcomed him they gave him something to

eat the sun was setting and the old man of the cell says to him look let me tell you

we also have work to do now we will not deal with you take a

rosary sit on the chair and make a rosary because we have work we will

do yes blessed old man says my friend how much work should I do and

give me he says a big basket says the old man I will tell you when you will

stop I sat down in the chair and I began to pray, Lord Jesus Christ,

bless me, Lord Jesus Christ, bless me, Lord Jesus Christ, bless me, half an hour

passed, an hour passed, it started to get dark, an hour passed, two hours

passed, I got dark, why didn't you go to sleep, but he told me

that he will tell me when to stop I was speechless

he was a layman he was not a good old man good old man let's tell them to do

something like that they don't sit they don't obey like that and the

layman really did it the others forgot about him they had gone and

we slept four hours passed It's been 5 hours, my old man, he tells me

my back hurt, my back hurt, I didn't know what to do, well, I say what

were you thinking, he says nothing, when we make the wish, the mind must be

focused here, don't leave, I tell him, you didn't think that

people may have forgotten you no i thought he says that because you

are here with the old one tonight you will have some great saint with your own

calendar and he has a festive program and see his rosary and give him the

rosary with his mouth open what monk will do that that's not married

with children and I tell him hey where was your mind wandering a nowhere when he says with the

wish the mind must be focused on its place I tell him

your mind didn't go away at all it went away once you realize what I'm saying at 5 hours

it goes away his mind once to try to keep the mind

focused 5 minutes not 5 hours 5 minutes crystal no thoughts nothing and

you will understand what he will say 5 hours clear mind say the wish and what did you think

I tell him what I expected to hear and what to he says I thought of having a fishing line and

going down to the sea, who made a little fish and what an innocent calculation what an innocent

thought to understand the purity of man fortunately they spend a long

night in this procession in this cell every night and wake up at

midnight the old man goes to wash himself as if he saw in the dark something black on the

chair he drops the flashlight and sees the one with the leather jacket what are you doing he tells him you

couldn't sleep you woke up no old man I didn't go to sleep because

you had insomnia no old man you told me you would tell me you, when should I

stop, I imagine the shock that the elder would suffer, the same as I suffered, not

even a monk obeys his elder like that, not secular, even if

it was a feat, so the elder

immediately understood what this child had achieved and to not fall pride to

protect him don't let the devil throw him in pride he took him in a row

owl fool everyone would understand that I forgot you but where will

your pride leave you where will your mind leave you understand what

everyone would understand go away from here go to your bed aman old man

he tells me he made me a mess I was climbing the stairs and he was dragging me from behind

my ears were on which from what I heard you sleep standing up you sleep

sitting down go to sleep and even lying down I went upstairs he was right he

told me I should have I understand, he wasn't right, of course I tell him I was right too,

don't tell him, well done, what did you do, of course he was right, you should have understood that

he forgot you, he needed philosophy, that's the way it is, my old man,

you're right, and the old man went into his room, closes the door, locks

the door, takes off his shirt, the devil was

furious to see such a feat from a married man, he was

furious and appeared as soon as he had left the shirt on the hanger

grabs him by the neck he's wearing a cascorset sleeveless tank top grabs him by the back

of his shirt grabs him by the waistband of his pants lifts him

up in the air knocks him on the bed and kicks him in the stomach what a horror

he was my old man he says what was that, that was crazy,

my mind almost went out of my head, I heard his voices and his rolls down

to the beach below, they broke the door to get in to

save him, because I said all this, it's all over, he's not afraid damn our virtues

no matter how many virtues we acquire the virtues the devil has we will never

acquire them our virtues will save us if there is no love and humility

after years of seeing him at his home

with many children in front of his wife he confessed to me

how he had fallen into a great carnal sin

he had been with a woman it seems his wife knew it and he didn't

care and he says wait my old man I will never fall

the ground left from under my feet such

pride on such a cliff had fallen from his electors

you expected me to fall archangel fell lucifer fell he

couldn't imagine that he would ever fall I never went back to his house nor

did I reunite him

I hurt so much I never leave him from my prayers a man of such

virtues will be found in such descents did you expect me to fall

, you see that the Christian, the devil, the one who struggles, he does not fight

with sins, you will not tell the one who struggles, go whores, no, I will not go, I

have a wife, my faith does not allow him, he will not tell him to steal, no I won't

steal what the devil will say to him bravo Nistelroi

so-and-so didn't succeed you and look how with one bravo with another bravo with

another bravo your horns reach the ceiling at the end and you are going to hell

with your virtues the Christian bread is definitely

virtuous but it is definitely not Christian

too who told you

that Buddhists have no virtues who told you that Muslims have no virtues

if it does not say your virtues are more than those of non-

Christians you will not be saved it is not enough to have virtues humility we have