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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... manner that will become itself a meditation, which is to say a way of entering into a more interior, meditative awareness of oneness with God. One way to allow these reflections to become a meditation is to pause and reflect on the ...
... manner that will become itself a meditation, which is to say a way of entering into a more interior, meditative awareness of oneness with God. One way to allow these reflections to become a meditation is to pause and reflect on the ...
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... manner that becomes itself a meditation is a way of realizing that we are already on the path we are setting out to explore. We start out in ego consciousness, imagining that the union with God we seek is far off. After all, ego ...
... manner that becomes itself a meditation is a way of realizing that we are already on the path we are setting out to explore. We start out in ego consciousness, imagining that the union with God we seek is far off. After all, ego ...
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... manner, the following brief review of some traditional terms might prove helpful. Traditional Christian literature speaks of a graced evolution of consciousness that moves from spiritual reading to discursive meditation to prayer to ...
... manner, the following brief review of some traditional terms might prove helpful. Traditional Christian literature speaks of a graced evolution of consciousness that moves from spiritual reading to discursive meditation to prayer to ...
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... manner that parallels both the active and passive aspects of Christian contemplation. That is, in the practice of Yoga or Zen meditation, one actively seeks to let go of one's customary reliance on and identification with thought ...
... manner that parallels both the active and passive aspects of Christian contemplation. That is, in the practice of Yoga or Zen meditation, one actively seeks to let go of one's customary reliance on and identification with thought ...
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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