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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... : Merton's Palace of Nowhere The Contemplative Heart Thomas Merton's Path to the Palace of Nowhere (SoundsTrue Audio) Christian Meditation (SoundsTrue Audio) CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Experiencing the PRESENCE OF GOD JAMES FINLEY Biblical.
... : Merton's Palace of Nowhere The Contemplative Heart Thomas Merton's Path to the Palace of Nowhere (SoundsTrue Audio) Christian Meditation (SoundsTrue Audio) CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Experiencing the PRESENCE OF GOD JAMES FINLEY Biblical.
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... range, the Christian tradition's understanding of meditation as a path granting experiential access to God. The shorter chapters that conclude the book consist of a revision of material found in one chapter of my book xi FOREWORD.
... range, the Christian tradition's understanding of meditation as a path granting experiential access to God. The shorter chapters that conclude the book consist of a revision of material found in one chapter of my book xi FOREWORD.
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... 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. In the JudeoChristian tradition God is understood as infinite, and, as ...
... 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. In the JudeoChristian tradition God is understood as infinite, and, as ...
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... path of meditation, the more we realize ourselves to be immersed in beginnings that never end. To be more advanced in meditation means, paradoxically, to discover that the oneness with God we seek was wholly present, without our ...
... path of meditation, the more we realize ourselves to be immersed in beginnings that never end. To be more advanced in meditation means, paradoxically, to discover that the oneness with God we seek was wholly present, without our ...
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... 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 consciousness is the subjective perception of being a separate self that has to find God, who is ...
... 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 consciousness is the subjective perception of being a separate self that has to find God, who is ...
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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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