According to Evagrius Pontus (+ 399) "is a prayer to put aside thoughts."
Set aside : not a savage conflict, not a fierce repression, but a few, albeit constant action of posting. Through repetition of the name, we are helped to "set aside" to let go of our futile and harmful imaginations and to replace them, the thought of Jesus [...]
When first started the Prayer of Jesus do not worry too much about eliminating thoughts and mental images. As we said, let your strategy be positive, not negative. Call to mind what must be excluded, but what needs to be present. Do not stop on your thoughts and how to delete them: think about Jesus.
Concentrate your entire self, all your zeal and devotion on the person of the Savior, feel his presence, talk to him with love. If your attention wanders, as undoubtedly will happen, do not despair: with kindness, no exasperation or anger inward, bring it back. If she wanders again, bring it back again. Return to the center, the vital center and staff, which is Jesus Christ. Look
invocation, not so much as a prayer empty of thoughts, but as a prayer full of the Beloved. Let, in the richest sense of the word, a prayer of affection - though not self-induced emotional arousal. Because, while the Jesus Prayer is certainly much more than an emotional prayer, in the technical sense west, it is with feelings of love we must start properly. Our attitude, when we begin the invocation is to S. Richard of Chichester:
O my merciful Redeemer, friend and brother
,
may see thee more clearly,
love you more dearly, follow you and
closer
Kallistos Ware, The power of the name, The Lion Green
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