Wrath Ira sins and virtues

Each son or virtue has 3 meditations

7 Deadly Sins & 7 Heavenly Virtues

Balancing The 7 Deadly Sins With Seven Heavenly Virtues

Everything that exists has a polar opposite, thus the same is true for attitudes, our good side and our bad side. They can make or break us. For every “sin” there is a virtue that weighs against the vice and brings your energy into equilibrium.

That means you have to be completely righteous– doing so unbalances consciousness in which case you swerve off track anyway.

I know, good news right – you can be naughty!

Providing you keep a balance between naughty and nice you will be able to bring more harmony into your life and attract people and events you want and need. So let’s take a look at the yin yang of sins and virtues.

Most people are familiar with the SEVEN DEADLY SINS, but few know of the VIRTUES designed to counter them!

Here you will find a brief Explanation of each of the sins as well as the virtues.

According to the Wikipedia online:

"The Roman Catholic church recognized the seven capital virtues as opposites to the Seven Capital Sins or the Seven Deadly Sins. According to Dante's The Divine Comedy the sins have an order of greatness, and the virtues a respective order of greatness as well. This order is shown below from the lowest to the highest."

Sin Virtue

Lust (excessive sexual appetites) Chastity (purity)

Gluttony (over-indulgence) Temperance (self-restraint)

Greed (avarice) Charity (giving)

Sloth (laziness/idleness) Diligence (zeal/integrity/Labor)

Wrath (anger) Forgiveness (composure)

Envy (jealousy) Kindness (admiration)

Pride (vanity) Humility (humbleness)

The Seven Deadly Sins:

Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, Pride

LUST- An insatiable need for sex or things of a sexual nature. This includes thoughts, desires, and actions. If this need is unfed, it can lead to masturbation, rape, and even bestiality. Lust is fed by any of the aforementioned means or viewing pornography.

Gluttony- Over indulgences of anything to the extreme, usually food or drink. Alcoholism is considered part of Gluttony. Drug abuse, Gluttony.

Greed- Greed is the need for material possessions or material wealth. If this need is unfed, a Greedy person may even resort to hoarding their goods, theft, robbery, or obtaining any material posessions by means of trickery, violence, deception, or manipulation. Greedy people usually are easy to bribe or will take any bet or do anything for a dollar.

Sloth- Sadness, depression, or the inability to feel joy. Sloth is often confused with Gluttony, though I don't know why. Those who suffer from depression to an extreme usually have thoughts of or plans for suicide. Many times, Sloth can lead to another sin: Wrath. Those who have lost or lack love, usually fall into a deep state of Sloth.

Wrath- Extreme anger, rage, hatred, or a need for vengeance or revenge. People who suffer with Wrath issues will often resort to taking the law in their own hands if they feel the justice system has failed them. To feed the need of Wrath, they may even turn to physical abuse of themself or others, murder, or even genocide. Wrath usually is a need to do harm to others. Dante described Wrath as "love of justice perverted to revenge and spite" according to the Wikipedia.

Envy- The need to have better or be better than others. The need to have the goods of others. Wanting what others have for yourself. Many times, someone with extreme Envious needs may turn to voyeurism to feed the need to see what others have that the envious want.

Pride- Once considered a need to be the most beautiful, Pride can also mean a need for public acceptance in all acts. Pride can also be a need to be more important than others. Those who suffer with Pride issues, usually fail to give due complements to others, but instead fish for complements for themselves. They find ways to be better than those around them and usually have a "One Up" story. Pride is said to be the original and most deadly of the seven sins, leading straight to damnation.

The Seven Heavenly Virtues:

Chastity, Abstinence, Liberality, Diligence, Patience, Kindness, Humility

Chastity- Courage and boldness. Embracing of moral wholesomeness and achieving purity of thought through education and betterment.

Abstinence- Constant mindfulness of others and one's surroundings; practicing self-control, abstention, and moderation.

Liberality- Generosity. Willingness to give. A nobility of thought or actions.

Diligence- A zealous and careful nature in one's actions and work. Decisive work ethic. Budgeting one's time; monitoring one's own activities to guard against laziness.

Patience- Forbearance and endurance through moderation. Resolving conflicts peacefully, as opposed to resorting to violence. The ability to forgive; to show mercy to sinners.

Kindness- Charity, compassion, friendship, and sympathy without prejudice and for its own sake.

Humility- Modest behavior, selflessness, and the giving of respect. Giving credit where credit is due; not unfairly glorifying one's own self. Modest behavior, selflessness, and the giving of respect. Giving credit where credit is due; not unfairly glorifying one's own self.

The modern concept of the seven deadly sins is linked to the works of the 4th century monk Evagrius Ponticus, who listed eight evil thoughts in Greek as follows:

• Γαστριμαργία (gastrimargia) gluttony

• Πορνεία (porneia) prostitution, fornication

• Φιλαργυρία (philargyria) avarice

• Ὑπερηφανία (hyperēphania) hubris – in the Philokalia, this term is rendered as self-esteem

• Λύπη (lypē) sadness – in the Philokalia, this term is rendered as envy, sadness at another's good fortune

• Ὀργή (orgē) wrath

• Κενοδοξία (kenodoxia) boasting

• Ἀκηδία (akēdia) acedia – in the Philokalia, this term is rendered as dejection

They were translated into the Latin of Western Christianity (largely due to the writings of John Cassian),thus becoming part of the Western tradition's spiritual pietas (or Catholic devotions), as follows:

• Gula (gluttony)

• Fornicatio (fornication, lust)

• Avaritia (avarice/greed)

• Superbia (hubris, pride)

• Tristitia (sorrow/despair/despondency)

• Ira (wrath)

• Vanagloria (vainglory)

• Acedia (sloth)

These "evil thoughts" can be categorized into three types:

• lustful appetite (gluttony, fornication, and avarice)

• irascibility (wrath)

• intellect (vainglory, sorrow, pride, and Discouragement)

In AD 590, a little over two centuries after Evagrius wrote his list, Pope Gregory I revised this list to form the more common Seven Deadly Sins, by folding(sorrow/despair/despondency) into acedia, vainglory into pride, and adding envy. In the order used by Pope Gregory, and repeated by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) centuries later in his epic poem The Divine Comedy, the seven deadly sins are as follows:

1. luxuria (lechery/lust)

2. gula (gluttony)

3. avaritia (avarice/greed)

4. acedia (sloth/discouragement)

5. ira (wrath)

6. invidia (envy)

7. superbia (pride)

The identification and definition of the seven deadly sins over their history has been a fluid process and the idea of what each of the seven actually encompasses has evolved over time. Additionally, as a result of semantic change:

• socordia sloth was substituted for acedia

It is this revised list that Dante uses. The process of semantic change has been aided by the fact that the personality traits are not collectively referred to, in either a cohesive or codified manner, by the Bible itself; other literary and ecclesiastical works were instead consulted, as sources from which definitions might be drawn.[citation needed] Part II of Dante's Divine Comedy, Purgatorio, has almost certainly been the best known source since the Renaissance.[citation needed]

The modern Catholic Catechism lists the sins in Latin as "superbia, avaritia, invidia, ira, luxuria, gula, pigritia seu acedia", with an English translation of "pride, avarice, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony, and sloth/acedia".Each of the seven deadly sins now also has an opposite among corresponding seven holy virtues (sometimes also referred to as the contrary virtues). In parallel order to the sins they oppose, the seven holy virtues are humility, charity, kindness, patience, chastity, temperance, and diligence.