Christian Meditation: Experiencing the Presence of GodHarper Collins, 2004 - 304 páginas Christian Meditation introduces an ancient practice to a contemporary audience. James Finley, a well-known spiritual counselor and speaker, presents the fundamentals of both understanding and practicing Christian meditation.A former monk and student of Thomas Merton, Finley teaches readers to expand (or begin) their meditation practices in concert with their faith and guides them to discover that divine moments of awakened consciousness can lead to a deeper connection with Christ. He explains how meditation can enrich our daily lives by connecting us not only with the present moment, but also with the eternal now that is beyond time. Finley provides simple, helpful instructions on the practicalities so essential to true meditation -- focusing one's attention, sitting, breathing, orienting one's eyes, walking, and main taining a compassionate, forgiving attitude. Above all, he makes clear that the aim of meditation is to allow us to experience divine contemplation, the presence of God. |
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... union with the infinite might be realized. A commitment to daily meditation embodies the paradoxical process of learning to enter more interior, meditative states of consciousness that transcend ego and all that ego 6 CHRISTIAN MEDITATION.
Experiencing the Presence of God James Finley. tive states of consciousness that transcend ego and all that ego can attain. In ... transcends, the realm of ego consciousness and all that is less than God. My writing and your reading these ...
... transcends all the thoughts that may be passing through your mind at the moment. In such moments you spontaneously enter into a meditative awareness that qualitatively transcends thought. In 26 CHRISTIAN MEDITATION.
... transcends thought. In meditation we freely choose to enter into this meditative, nonthinking mode of awareness. And we do so by neither clinging to nor rejecting the thoughts that may be flowing through our mind. In meditation the goal ...
... aridity that we are to remain present, open, and awake to God wholly present in, yet wholly transcending, both consolation and aridity. The title of the Christian classic Abandonment to Divine Providence, 28 CHRISTIAN MEDITATION.
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Meditative Experience | 42 |
A Ladder to Heaven | 72 |
A Monastery Without Walls | 101 |
The SelfTransforming Journey | 130 |
Entering the Mind of Christ | 175 |
Present Open and Awake | 203 |
Sit Still | 216 |
Sit Straight | 229 |
Slow Deep Natural Breathing | 242 |
Eyes Closed or Lowered Toward the Ground | 253 |
Walking Meditation | 266 |
Compassion | 278 |
Notes | 287 |
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Christian Meditation: Experiencing the Presence of God James Finley Sin vista previa disponible - 2009 |
Christian Meditation: Experiencing the Presence of God James Finley Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |