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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... experience the presence of God in our own lives. This book is intended to serve as a hands-on user's manual for those interiorly drawn to practice meditation in this rich mystical heritage of Christian faith. The first seven chapters of ...
... experience the presence of God in our own lives. This book is intended to serve as a hands-on user's manual for those interiorly drawn to practice meditation in this rich mystical heritage of Christian faith. The first seven chapters of ...
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... experienced in their hearts the desire for deeper union with God that we experience in ours. And beyond this we can sense that we are all alone together in God, the awakener of our hearts, the one “in whom we live and move and have our ...
... experienced in their hearts the desire for deeper union with God that we experience in ours. And beyond this we can sense that we are all alone together in God, the awakener of our hearts, the one “in whom we live and move and have our ...
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... experience. Sometimes I will be using the traditional Christian terms contemplation, contemplative prayer, and, in some specific instances, mystical experience. But regardless of which of these terms I use, I will always be referring to ...
... experience. Sometimes I will be using the traditional Christian terms contemplation, contemplative prayer, and, in some specific instances, mystical experience. But regardless of which of these terms I use, I will always be referring to ...
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... experience of myself and everyone and everything around me. It was, in fact, the perpetual silence that affected me the most. It is not that I never spoke. I chanted the psalms each day. As a novice, I spoke with Thomas Merton every ...
... experience of myself and everyone and everything around me. It was, in fact, the perpetual silence that affected me the most. It is not that I never spoke. I chanted the psalms each day. As a novice, I spoke with Thomas Merton every ...
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... experience or mystical prayer. The word mystical, as used in the classical Christian texts, does not refer to having visions, hearing God's voice, or experiencing any other similar, extraordinary events. Although these kinds of experiences ...
... experience or mystical prayer. The word mystical, as used in the classical Christian texts, does not refer to having visions, hearing God's voice, or experiencing any other similar, extraordinary events. Although these kinds of experiences ...
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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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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