Our calculations have an effect on our world. Negative thoughts about our family members or colleagues change our relationships. If we dislike people at work and allow ourselves to make bad calculations on their behalf, they are likely to live up to our low expectations. However, if we pray and ask God to bless them and to bless our relationship with them, then we change for the better and we and they.

ELDER TRYPHON OF VASON



In an age where thinking and logical processing is becoming a capability of robotic machines, we increasingly realize that our thoughts and calculations largely determine our actions. Or at least they decisively influence our inner state and our attitude in life. In this anthology of texts, more than 100 Fathers of the Church and men of the spirit reveal to us the secrets of our "other self" and introduce us to the secret world of calculations...