Self-Denial Can Be Evil
August 31st, 2021 by G.
Any valid form of asceticism is aesthetic. Aesthetic because it fits into a larger pattern of creation. Asceticism for its own sake is asceticism which uglifies. It is gnostic, creation hating. Gnostic is evil.
E.C.
August 31, 2021
A good question for the ascetic to ask: am I practicing this self-denial for the glory of God, to come closer to Him? Or am I doing it to gratify my ego?