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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... person says, obviously enjoying your obvious surprise. The path to God is like that. God is already here, all about ... persons created in the image and likeness of God. Subject to the limitations of ego, we do not realize directly the ...
... person says, obviously enjoying your obvious surprise. The path to God is like that. God is already here, all about ... persons created in the image and likeness of God. Subject to the limitations of ego, we do not realize directly the ...
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... persons called to share in God's life to the point of realizing a graced identification with God's own infinite actuality. Contemplation, or contemplative prayer, evolves within these dynamics of active receptivity to a oneness with God ...
... persons called to share in God's life to the point of realizing a graced identification with God's own infinite actuality. Contemplation, or contemplative prayer, evolves within these dynamics of active receptivity to a oneness with God ...
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... through us into others. When I am leading silent meditation retreats, a room of eighty to a hundred or so men and women gather for sessions of group meditation. When the meditation sessions begin, each person present 20 CHRISTIAN ...
... through us into others. When I am leading silent meditation retreats, a room of eighty to a hundred or so men and women gather for sessions of group meditation. When the meditation sessions begin, each person present 20 CHRISTIAN ...
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... person present starts meditating right where he or she is in his or her own longer-than-life journey into God. But as the communal silence begins to settle on the group, each person there is gathered into the one communal mystery in ...
... person present starts meditating right where he or she is in his or her own longer-than-life journey into God. But as the communal silence begins to settle on the group, each person there is gathered into the one communal mystery in ...
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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