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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Experiencing the Presence of God James Finley. Foreword. Since. the time of the Desert Fathers in the third and fourth centuries, Christians have practiced meditation as a way of experiencing and responding to God's presence in their daily ...
Experiencing the Presence of God James Finley. Foreword. Since. the time of the Desert Fathers in the third and fourth centuries, Christians have practiced meditation as a way of experiencing and responding to God's presence in their daily ...
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Experiencing the Presence of God James Finley. this is so, I say, “Me too.” It is my intention in sharing these reflections that you find in meditation practice a way of experiencing and responding to God's presence in your life. As I ...
Experiencing the Presence of God James Finley. this is so, I say, “Me too.” It is my intention in sharing these reflections that you find in meditation practice a way of experiencing and responding to God's presence in your life. As I ...
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Experiencing the Presence of God James Finley. and ask one of the locals standing there, “Can you tell me how far it is to such and such a place?” The person looks at you, laughs, and says, “You're in it!” You can't believe it. At once ...
Experiencing the Presence of God James Finley. and ask one of the locals standing there, “Can you tell me how far it is to such and such a place?” The person looks at you, laughs, and says, “You're in it!” You can't believe it. At once ...
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Experiencing the Presence of God James Finley. My personal experience of being led along this meditative path has its origins in the years I spent living in the monastery. The sequence of events that led me to the monastery began in my ...
Experiencing the Presence of God James Finley. My personal experience of being led along this meditative path has its origins in the years I spent living in the monastery. The sequence of events that led me to the monastery began in my ...
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... God and meditation played in that process. Rather, the subject matter is that, after leaving the monastery and returning ... God's presence in my life. In more specifically Christian terms, I realized that daily meditation was a way of ...
... God and meditation played in that process. Rather, the subject matter is that, after leaving the monastery and returning ... God's presence in my life. In more specifically Christian terms, I realized that daily meditation was a way of ...
Contenido
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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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