Hesychasts aggressively pursued absolute mental stillness
The pursuit of 'hesychia' involves forcibly shutting down every single distraction until the mind is completely utterly silent. It treats typical human thought patterns as a massive annoying obstacle that must be violently suppressed for the sake of peace.

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