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→False unceasing (self-moving) Jesus prayer: extended quote
Once elder Paisios of the Holy Mountain met a man who got used to the words of the Jesus prayer. But upon talking with this man, elder Paisios realized that he was in delusion thinking very high of himself, e.g. that his every thought comes from God because he constantly prays.<ref>{{Ru icon}}Elder Paisios of the Holy Mountain. Spiritual Counsels. Vol. 6. On Prayer. 2013. P. 163</ref>
Elder hierodeacon Ephraim from the Glinsk monastery says in conversation with archpriest Basil (Serebrennikov) when the latter asked about a friend, a nun who thought of herself as having an unceasing prayer, that "usually what they take for the grace-filled prayer of the heart is just pronunciation of the words with attention (mind) in the heart and it is a subtle demonic delusion". And he showed how even a person's voice changed depending on the place of application of attention: he put his finger to his forehead, then to his Adam's apple (throat), then to his heart - everywhere there was a distinct sound of the voice when pronouncing "Fr. Basil". Elder Ephraim continued: "Here is your name as if in my heart. So your praying friends are in subtle delusion".<ref>{{Ru icon}}[https://azbyka.ru/otechnik/Varvara_Pylneva/glinskaja-mozaika/#sel=375:17,375:38 Nun Barbara (Pylneva). Glinsk mosaic. Memoirs of archpriest Basil Serebrennikov. Conversation with hierodeacon Ephraim.]</ref>
==Magicism and "automatic" view of prayer==