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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... Entering the Mind of 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 ...
... Entering the Mind of 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 ...
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... entering into a more interior, meditative awareness of oneness with God. It is in this pervasive atmosphere of meditative living that each monk or nun is left free to find his or her way to whatever form of meditation he or she might be ...
... entering into a more interior, meditative awareness of oneness with God. It is in this pervasive atmosphere of meditative living that each monk or nun is left free to find his or her way to whatever form of meditation he or she might be ...
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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.
... 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.
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... entered a realm of safety in which I no longer had to concern myself about the painful things that had happened to me in my childhood. What I discovered—much to my dismay—was that my own body was a Trojan horse in which I had ...
... entered a realm of safety in which I no longer had to concern myself about the painful things that had happened to me in my childhood. What I discovered—much to my dismay—was that my own body was a Trojan horse in which I had ...
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... enter into an ever more habitual meditative awareness of and response to God's presence in my life. In more specifically Christian terms, I realized that daily meditation was a way of following the promptings of the Spirit within me. By ...
... enter into an ever more habitual meditative awareness of and response to God's presence in my life. In more specifically Christian terms, I realized that daily meditation was a way of following the promptings of the Spirit within me. By ...
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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