O blessed soul, listen to this. Nothing you can say about prayer is enough. Because prayer never ends,... It is a discussion with God. I cannot tell you what a person feels while praying. One thing must be made known, and that is that the soul of the faithful one needs to pray endlessly. When the doxology ends, supplication begins. When supplication ends, requests begin. And then one starts all over again. When one prays he also remembers his wondering brother and prays daily to God for his illumination and that he may be blessed to find his way to salvation.
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Archimandrite Ioannikos, An Athonite Gerontikon, p.350
Yes, brother, this is exactly how it is, if it can be described at all. This is my experience, and this is what I received from my spiritual elders, and how I found it to be in practice. Thanks for posting this so others can see it, and be encouraged.
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