Self Involved

"It is not accidental that Christ said, “Whoever loves himself more than me, even his own life, cannot be my disciple.” In other words, God asks us to cut off every relationship. Not to hate ourselves, not to reject ourselves, but to liberate ourselves from self-absorption, from our narcissism. It requires great courage to be liberated from the bondage of this world so that we fear nothing".  Fr. Maximos in the book “Night River: A Pilgrimage to the Heart of Christian Spirituality”