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Originally Posted by zeek
Theosis as you have described it is very similar if not identical to what Witness lee taught.
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But let's judge the tree by its fruit and look at the results/outcome of WL's and Eastern Orthodox theosis practices. Compare Witness Lee with another old man, Elder Tadej, a Serbian Orthodox monk.
WL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4W3mMTuJ1k
Elder Tadej:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ficmQ3anAyM
To me, WL looks like a lecturer, scholar, and a man of theoretic and hypothetical knowledge. While Father Tadej looks like a true spiritual guide, advanced on his way to theosis.
When WL, the founder of the LRC, says "God is love", it's just words. When that humble Serbian monk says the same phrase, he means it because his words are based on his spiritual experience. And that's the difference.
PS One more Orthodox monk, Fr. Lazarus ELAnthony, a humble hermit, who came from Australia to live in St. Anthony's Monastery in the deserts of the Red Sea, Egypt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmSm120gFlQ
PPS Here is not a monk, but an ordinary Orthodox priest in America, Fr. Seraphim Cardoza, who speaks about the goal of Christianity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gdB24gyu_M (You may start from 15:45)
I find Fr. Seraphim Cardoza more spiritual than WL and the blended brothers all together. And that's the result of two practices, the ancient Orthodox and modern LRC's.