Umthandazo kaJesu ungumthandazo omfushane kodwa onamandla, oqale ngokujulile esikhathini seKristu saseMpumalanga, ikakhulukazi emiphakathini yama-monastic. Izimpande zawo zikholelwa ukuthi zithatha emuva ekukhuleni kweSonto likaKristu, lapho kwakukhuthazwa khona oBaba beSikhumbuzo ehlathini ezinkulungwaneni zeminyaka yesine njengendlela yokuthuthukisa ukuthula kwangaphakathi nokukhumbula uNkulunkulu njalo. Ubumfushane nobuqotho bomthandazo kuwenza kube ithuluzi lokuthandaza kokuhlola, okuphindaphindwa ngokuvamile njengengxenye yokwenza umthandazo kaJesu ukuze kubize umusa kaNkulunkulu futhi kuqinise ubudlelwano nomphakathi noKristu. Kwaziwa kabanzi ezinkolweni ze-Orthodox zaseMpumalanga, iKatolika yaseMpumalanga, nezinye izinkolo zama-Anglicans, ikakhulukazi kumongo wesimiso sokuzithiba kwezingqondo nezenzo zokuphila ngomoya. Umthandazo uphinde ube yingxenye ye-“Umthandazo Womoya” noma “Hesychasm,” ogxile emthandazweni okuthula, okungapheli, nokufinyelela ukuhlanganyela okungokomoya noNkulunkulu. Umthandazo uvame ukuphindaphindwa usebenzisa intambo yomthandazo (komboskini), lapho wonke umkhosi umele ukuphindaphinda okukodwa komthandazo, kuhlanganyela ekuthandazeni okuhloswe ngakho kokucabanga nokuqonda.