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In Christian theology, cardiognosis (literally Knowledge of the Heart) is a special charism that God confers on some saints. In Christian asceticism, the term Cardiognosis also indicates the ascetical methods and meditation techniques which have the purpose of reaching an inner state of mystical experience and, eventually, the charisma of Cardiognosis.
Scientia sacra has been described as "the heart of perennial philosophy", [15] the ultimate purpose of which is the "discernment of the Real". [6] According to Nasr, scientia sacra – or knowledge of Reality – is "at the heart of every revelation and is the center of that circle which encompasses and defines tradition."
According to John of Damascus, the virtue of discernment "is greater than any other virtue; and is the queen and crown of all the virtues". [9] The key to discernment is humility, as well as its two manifestations: consulting with others and praying about every decision a person could take: "Discrimination is born of humility.
Discernment is a prayerful "pondering" or "mulling over" the choices a person wishes to consider. In discernment, the person's focus should be on a quiet attentiveness to God and sensing rather than thinking. The goal is to understand the choices in one's heart, to see them, as it were, as God might see them.
Adolphe Tanquerey OP explained the difference between the gift of wisdom and that of understanding: "The latter is a view taken by the mind, while the former is an experience undergone by the heart; one is light, the other love, and so they unite and complete one another."
Discernment has also been defined in these contexts: scientific (discerning what is true about the real world), [3] normative (discerning value including what ought to be), [4] and formal (deductive reasoning). The process of discernment, within judgment, involves going past the mere perception of something and making nuanced judgments about ...
Epistemic virtues are those characteristic habits that promote the acquisition of and utilization of true knowledge. There is potential tension between these two concepts because learning the truth can sometimes make a person worse off, [ 1 ] and so remaining ignorant can arguably be the better option.
The book counsels the young student to seek God, not through knowledge and intellect (faculty of the human mind), but through intense contemplation, motivated by love, and stripped of all thought. [ note 2 ] Experience of a "cloud of unknowing" is introduced Chapter 3: