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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... Breathing CHAPTER 12: Eyes Closed or Lowered Toward the Ground CHAPTER 13: Walking Meditation CHAPTER 14: Compassion Notes XI 22 42 72 101 130 175 203 216 229 242 253 266 278 287 Acknowledgments Iam grateful to the following people, who ...
... Breathing CHAPTER 12: Eyes Closed or Lowered Toward the Ground CHAPTER 13: Walking Meditation CHAPTER 14: Compassion Notes XI 22 42 72 101 130 175 203 216 229 242 253 266 278 287 Acknowledgments Iam grateful to the following people, who ...
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... breathing, and other aspects of meditation embody the self-transforming path along which we are awakened to our eternal oneness with God. Throughout this book I use both the masculine and feminine personal pronouns in referring to God ...
... breathing, and other aspects of meditation embody the self-transforming path along which we are awakened to our eternal oneness with God. Throughout this book I use both the masculine and feminine personal pronouns in referring to God ...
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... breathing, our own beating heart, our simply being who we are. Or, to paraphrase a line in T. S. Eliot's poem Four Quartets, to be more advanced in meditation means to realize that “the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where ...
... breathing, our own beating heart, our simply being who we are. Or, to paraphrase a line in T. S. Eliot's poem Four Quartets, to be more advanced in meditation means to realize that “the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where ...
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... breathe slowly and naturally, and to place your hands in a natural or meaningful position in your lap. With respect to the mind, the guideline is to be present, open, and awake, neither clinging to nor rejecting anything. And with ...
... breathe slowly and naturally, and to place your hands in a natural or meaningful position in your lap. With respect to the mind, the guideline is to be present, open, and awake, neither clinging to nor rejecting anything. And with ...
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... breathing. Listen to each lifesustaining breath. Allow your breathing to embody a childlike openness to God giving herself to you, whole and complete, in and as your very breath. Sitting still and straight, with your eyes closed or ...
... breathing. Listen to each lifesustaining breath. Allow your breathing to embody a childlike openness to God giving herself to you, whole and complete, in and as your very breath. Sitting still and straight, with your eyes closed or ...
Contenido
1 | |
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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