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What does man seek in religion and what should he seek in it? How does God reveal Himself in order to bring man to a knowledge of the Truth? How does suffering help this revelation to occur? Fr. Seraphim Rose addressed these and other issues during a lecture at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1981. God's Revelation to the Human Heart is a transcription of that lecture, and the question-and-answer session between Fr. Seraphim and the university students.

Drawing upon a wealth of resources--the Holy Scriptures, patristic writings, the Lives of ancient and modern saints, and accounts of persecuted Christians in today's world--Fr. Seraphim leads the audience to the core of all Christian life: the conversion of the heart of man, which begins to burn with love for Christ and transforms him into a new man.

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When conversion takes place, the process of revelation occurs in a very simple way--a person is in need, he suffers, and then somehow the other world opens up. The more you are in suffering and difficulties and are desperate for God, the more He is going to come to your aid, reveal Who He is and show you the way out.

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Fr. Seraphim Rose (1934-1982) was an Orthodox monk in the ancient tradition that dedicated his life to reawakening modern Western man to forgotten spiritual truths. From his remote cabin in the mountains of northern California, he produced writings, which have been circulated throughout the world in millions of copies. Today he is Russia's best-loved spiritual writer. His books Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future and The Soul After Death have changed countless lives with their uncompromising and sobering truth.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood; Fifth printing, Second edition (February 1, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 48 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0938635034
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0938635031
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.25 x 8.25 inches

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From an elder's heart to a reader's heart

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2012

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Every now and then my spirit needs a bit of help from a wiser source. While it is not difficult to find interesting agile minds willing to share and inform on an academic plane, it can be frustrating to seek out a wiser spirit.

Father Seraphim's book, God's Revelation to the Human Heart points to this confusion from the opposite direction. It is the transcription of a talk he gave to a comparative religion class thirty years ago. The audience of university students, naturally, had been trained to formulate, then respond to their own, intellectual questions about matters best addressed in a spiritual plane. Thus, from their recorded interaction with Father Seraphim, we sense a group perhaps frustrated by a spiritual revelation offered to those expecting an intellectual meal. But perhaps, Father Seraphim's fluent presentation of spiritual wisdom allowed a few of the students to find "ears to hear" and sustenance for a more deep-seated hunger.

For myself, Father Seraphim's gentle and profoundly true talk to the students provides simple cleansing necessary after periods of frustrating and confounding immersion in the concerns of our fallen world. I recommend this work to anyone who has learned that the intellect provides only shallow answers and who wants a clear picture of how the light of orthodox Christian spirituality illuminates a spiritual path through a clouded mundane landscape. Here, one can find Answers without necessarily understanding any "answers."

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Kip Perkins

Loving Heart Required

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2014

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This is a very short book, but contains a big message. I really enjoyed this and feel it is a good book that I can give to my non-Orthodox family and friends that they can benefit from AND enjoy. It would come across as a helpful gift to assist them in their walk with God; and would not come across as trying to shove Orthodoxy down their throat. Obviously Blessed Rose is Orthodox and speaks from that point of view, but he does so in such a way that any reader will enjoy and benefit from. This is the text of a lecture he gave to some university students a couple of years before his repose. Why is it worth reading? Because he explains we do indeed have an organ to receive and understand God's revelation. I could recommend this book to anyone.

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Wonderful!

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2009

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This wonderful little book can be read easily in one sitting. In fact, you'll probably find yourself unable to stop reading once you've picked the book up and started to read it.

The material comes a lecture given by Father Seraphim Rose at Sant Cruz, California in 1981. Oddly, this lecture preceded his death by only about eighteen months. But there is more essential wisdom contained in this brief, wonderful book than in the many thousand page tomes we have trudged through.

Father Seraphim Rose emphasizes, in particular, that the Christian must be prepared to suffer for his faith. This is an unpopular idea in our indulgent American culture. But it really represents the wisdom of the ages. There are those who argue that Father Seraphim Rose, following the Eastern Monastic tradition in his approach to the Church Fathers, became himself a latter day Church Father. And given the wisdom he here imparts, I am inclinded to agree. Read this wonderful little book. And be richly blessed and edified in the process. God bless.

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Kerry Walters

The heart is where God dwells

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Published transcripts of talks are risky. Sometimes a lecture that is powerfully persuasive because of the personal charisma of the speaker comes across as dull and uninspiring when read. This is usually (but not always) an indication that there's little substance in the talk, and that its original appeal was founded more on smoke-and-mirrors than insight or wisdom.

I'm happy to say that the transcript of Father Seraphim's 1981 Santa Cruz talk, "God's Revelation to the Human Heart," comes across as well on the written page as it must've when he gave it to college students a quarter-century ago. Delivered a year before his premature death, it can be viewed as a concise statement of his spirituality.

The purpose of religion (re+legio=to reconnect), says Seraphim, is to "open up contact" with a "reality deeper than the eveyday reality that so quickly changes, rots away, leaves nothing behind, and offers no lasting happiness." In our deep hunger for this reality, we frequently settle on the one hand for effusive experiences that feel good but which don't necessarily lead us to the Truth we seek, or cold, calculative philosophies, which promise to reveal Truth for us but typically wind up dissecting it instead.

What we need do is recognize, as Pascal said in the seventeenth century, that the heart has reasons that the mind knows not. The heart, Seraphim reminds us, is that organ designed to reveal God to us, because the heart is the seat of love, and only love takes us to Truth/reality. That which reconnects us is love. But to love necessarily means to suffer, for in loving we empathically experience the pain of those whom we love. In willingly taking on the cross of suffering, we invite God to crack open our hearts and reveal both Himself (Truth/Reality) and our true identities.

The path of love/suffering defended by Father Seraphim in this lecture, then, takes us to Truth by avoiding gushy sentimentality on the one hand, and detached, rationalistic analysis on the other. His approach is the same as that defended by the Fathers in the first centuries of the Church.

Ironically--sadly--the questions asked of Seraphim by students after his talk (the transcript is included in this volume) suggest that most of his listeners just didn't get the point of what he was saying. The questions tend to be off-subject ("What do Orthodox think about non-Orthodox?" "What's the Apocalypse?" "What does Orthodoxy teach about fasting?"). But one can hope that seeds were planted. Certainly the published version of Seraphim's talk is rich and fertile for those of us fortunate enough to read it. Many thanks to St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood for making it available.

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A Must for Those Searching for Meaning in Religion

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2012

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This very small book is very powerful in that it conveys why one comes face to face with the need for religion in their life. Father Seraphim Rose who spoke to a gathering of students at University of California at Santa Clara makes a clear cut case as to why those who are searching for spirituality in their life should look to the Eastern Orthodox Church. He points out how shallow spirituality is in the Western World and the void that exists in the hearts of many who are searching for what faith is.

I highly recommend this work, it is one for those who are lost in the land of shallow wells, who are looking to reconnect to God. A must read for those considering the Orthodox Church as their spiritual home.

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Madsovic

Carry your Cross and open up your heart!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 17, 2020

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A short book with a lot of wisdom; Fr. Seraphim Rose explains how Orthodoxy leads to a true and positive spirituality through God’s revelation to what is called a loving heart. In an age of nominalism, atheism and materialism (especially in “the West”) this is a refreshing and encouraging read. Would recommend to others.

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Jack Ladde

A short but excellent read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 12, 2014

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This short lecture is a great introduction to Orthodox thinking. Fr Seraphim had a gift for being able to introduce and summarise huge topics with clarity and insight. The depth of his spirituality shines through his observations and as ever it is all rooted in the patristic teachings of the Church Fathers. The brevity of the book is not a problem if you're aware of what you're buying. This is an interesting companion to his other excellent books.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 23, 2019

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Very good book. It gives a proper representation of Orthodox thinking.

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LitsaTzanetis

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 16, 2017

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A great read!

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Leser

You need a burning heart ...

Reviewed in Germany on August 20, 2018

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"What reveals God to men, is something about God that is revealed to a heart that is ready for it. This is what is meant by a 'burning heart' " ...
"To come to the fulness of Truth, something deeper would have to take place within."
For me, these two excerpts are the essence of this wonderful book. It is a 'must read' for every honest spiritual seeker. It brought me also into contact with Orthodoxy in general and I am busy to explore the great heritage of wisdom revealed by many Orthodox saints and elder fathers.
And besides, Fr. Seraphim Rose himself was not a so called 'born' Orthodox, he converted in his later days after observing and investigating its deep truth (book 'Father Seraphim Rose - His life and work).

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