***The psyche of man, who is created in the image and likeness of God, yearns for God and desires union with Him.***
We are at war with God and desire no such thing, until regenerated by the Holy Ghost that is...
I posted this from +Symeon the New Theologian on the other thread on this subject:
“Can a man take fire into his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?’says the wise Solomon. And I say: can he, who has in his heart the Divine fire of the Holy Spirit burning naked, not be set on fire, not shine and glitter and not take on the radiance of the Deity in the degree of his purification and penetration by fire? For penetration by fire follows upon purification of the heart, and again purification of the heart follows upon penetration by fire, that is, inasmuch as the heart is purified, so it receives Divine grace, and again inasmuch as it receives grace, so it is purified. When this is completed (that is, purification of heart and acquisition of grace have attained their fullness and perfection), through grace a man becomes wholly a god.”
Does that complicate or explain things? Of course, as Harleyd points out we Orthodox are synergists while you Calvinists are monergists.