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. For my daughters, Kelly and Amy Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX FOREWORD CHAPTER 1: Divine Destination 1 CHAPTER.
Experiencing the Presence of God James Finley. For my daughters, Kelly and Amy Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX FOREWORD CHAPTER 1: Divine Destination 1 CHAPTER.
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Experiencing the Presence of God James Finley. Contents. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX FOREWORD CHAPTER 1: Divine Destination 1 CHAPTER 2: Learning to Meditate CHAPTER 3: Meditative Experience CHAPTER 4: A Ladder to Heaven CHAPTER 5: A Monastery ...
Experiencing the Presence of God James Finley. Contents. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX FOREWORD CHAPTER 1: Divine Destination 1 CHAPTER 2: Learning to Meditate CHAPTER 3: Meditative Experience CHAPTER 4: A Ladder to Heaven CHAPTER 5: A Monastery ...
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... a book of contemplative spirituality, which seeks to evoke a graced awareness of oneness with God that recognizes and transcends all finite categories and distinctions. C H A P T E R 1 Divine Destination xii Foreword.
... a book of contemplative spirituality, which seeks to evoke a graced awareness of oneness with God that recognizes and transcends all finite categories and distinctions. C H A P T E R 1 Divine Destination xii Foreword.
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... can grasp or words can adequately convey. The truth is that we can venture into meditation only in our willingness to be, at times, perplexed. What is more, we must be willing to befriend 1 CHAPTER 1: Divine Destination.
... can grasp or words can adequately convey. The truth is that we can venture into meditation only in our willingness to be, at times, perplexed. What is more, we must be willing to befriend 1 CHAPTER 1: Divine Destination.
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... divine fulfillment. It is to be someone slowly awakening to the divine destination of our journey manifesting itself in the divinity of our own breathing, our own beating heart, our simply being who we are. Or, to paraphrase a line in ...
... divine fulfillment. It is to be someone slowly awakening to the divine destination of our journey manifesting itself in the divinity of our own breathing, our own beating heart, our simply being who we are. Or, to paraphrase a line in ...
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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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