Post #536

We are often carriers of tradition by inertia. For me Orthodoxy is a conscious choice of a traditionalist. What kind of a traditionalist is he if he has nothing to do with his own tradition? For me, it was not just a tribute to the status quo, although I was baptized as a child. It was a conscious churching, a spiritual, intellectual and philosophical act. Therefore, for me, the Tradition with a capital letter does not replace, does not replace, does not cancel, does not abolish Orthodoxy. Orthodoxy for me is everything, it is the only entrance to the sacredness. But Orthodoxy for me is incompatible with Modern Times, incompatible with Western atheistic secular society. Orthodoxy is a form of living Tradition. Thanks to Orthodoxy, traditionalism becomes a very concrete transforming spiritual practice. This is extremely important, it can't be any other way. Alexander Dugin.