Universalitate și monahism în Ortodoxie

Abstract

When we refer to universality, we think about the Universe – which means everything. When we talk about universality, there is no more separation. The monachism is found, which main role in society is to be the same for everyone and to be a mass of people, together with God and then in a communion with one another. Monachism is the one that being separated from the people, also prays for the people. Maybe many are wondering what is the connection between monachism and universality? The religious people, and here we refer especially to those living a solitary life, are the most universal parents. They did not run away from the world because they hated it. They did because they loved it. To be able to help the world, release it from evil, the religious, also being submitted to weakness, of the soul and body, like any other human cannot stand among the wolves that rule the people. ,,The pack of wolves”, may be banished by the hunter from afar or even killed, if shooting them from afar. The purpose of monachism can only be the accomplishment of the human being or bringing him closer to God. So the real religious people is an universal being. It may seem paradoxical sometimes. How the monachism that introspects the human isolates him in an intimate way, to get closer to God, to be very well associated with universality.