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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejtQagWplJc Father Paisios], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycxr6D74q-Y Father Porphyrios], Father Iakobov, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxjhnoGZRe4 Father Arsenie Boca], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1q0Zk7-zuE Father Ilarion Argatu] were examples of people at a high level of Prayer of the Heart. Here is an Hesychast speaking about speaking to God and about [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap7kreDRzgQ Prayer of the Heart].
===All seeing prayer===To have an idea about how the unseen world looks like we can watch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyBDs8JpEa8 this movie with an angel taking the soul of a man]. Also, we have the pictures from Drăgănescu Church near Bucharest done by [http://www.ecolife.ro/articole/spiritualitate/marturii-despre-parintele-arsenie-boca-vol-iii.html Father Arsenie Boca] that was advanced in the stages of prayer. He confessed that he saw the Saints he painted and that he spoke with them. Looking at the pictures in Drăgănescu Church, we see that it looks like beings are presented as being made of light. If in majority of the Churches, bodies are painted, in Drăgănescu Church it seems that souls are painted.<brul>According with the [http://www.ecolife.ro/articole/spiritualitate/marturii-despre-parintele-arsenie-boca-vol-iii.html confessions of people that knew Father Arsenie Boca] and of other people , we can conclude that being at the all seeing level of prayer , people:<li>can see the sins of people and of their ancestors<li>can see the state of souls after death<li>can speak with Saints and people in after life<li>can see the future or the past<li>can see anywhere on Earth, under Earth and in the air<li>can help people with salvation</ul>Practical teachings about raising through prayer stages is done in the book [http://orthodoxwiki.org/The_Way_of_a_Pilgrim The Way of a Pilgrim] and this book recommends saying "Lord Jesus Christ Son of God, have mercy on me !" many times.
<br>The following steps are recommended:
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