Christian Meditation: Experiencing the Presence of GodHarper Collins, 2009 M10 13 - 304 páginas Enter a Monastery Without Walls Christian Meditation introduces an ancient practice to a contemporary audience. James Finley, a former monk and student of Thomas Merton, presents the fundamentals of both understanding and practicing Christian meditation. He provides simple, helpful instructions, as well as explaining the deeper connection with the divine that meditation can bring. 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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... Christ CHAPTER 8: Present, Open, and Awake CHAPTER 9: Sit Still CHAPTER 10: Sit Straight CHAPTER 11: Slow, Deep, Natural Breathing CHAPTER 12: Eyes Closed or Lowered Toward the Ground CHAPTER 13: Walking Meditation CHAPTER 14 ...
... Christ CHAPTER 8: Present, Open, and Awake CHAPTER 9: Sit Still CHAPTER 10: Sit Straight CHAPTER 11: Slow, Deep, Natural Breathing CHAPTER 12: Eyes Closed or Lowered Toward the Ground CHAPTER 13: Walking Meditation CHAPTER 14 ...
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... Christ (Rom. 8:26). Down through the centuries and into our own day, Christian mystics, monks and nuns living in monasteries, hermits, and countless seekers living in the world have yielded to the transforming power of the Spirit of God ...
... Christ (Rom. 8:26). Down through the centuries and into our own day, Christian mystics, monks and nuns living in monasteries, hermits, and countless seekers living in the world have yielded to the transforming power of the Spirit of God ...
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... Christ lived. Whether he was seeing a child crawling up into his lap or a leper wanting to be healed; whether he was ... Christ's eyes the divine mystery of all that surrounds us. My personal experience of being led along this meditative ...
... Christ lived. Whether he was seeing a child crawling up into his lap or a leper wanting to be healed; whether he was ... Christ's eyes the divine mystery of all that surrounds us. My personal experience of being led along this meditative ...
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... Christ was no stranger to suffering and violence. Sitting there, gazing into Christ's eyes as he gazed into mine, I realized that, just as God was not protecting me from the things that were happening to me, God had not protected Jesus ...
... Christ was no stranger to suffering and violence. Sitting there, gazing into Christ's eyes as he gazed into mine, I realized that, just as God was not protecting me from the things that were happening to me, God had not protected Jesus ...
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... Christ's life to be my own everlasting life. And so I resumed the practice of daily meditation that I had begun to explore in the monastery. I did my best to practice daily meditation as a grounding place in learning to live a deeply ...
... Christ's life to be my own everlasting life. And so I resumed the practice of daily meditation that I had begun to explore in the monastery. I did my best to practice daily meditation as a grounding place in learning to live a deeply ...
Contenido
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22 | |
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 |
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