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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... things he said was that in going to Asia he discovered he never had to go there—that everything he was searching for was present in the monastery, was present in his own hermitage, was present in his own Christian tradition. And so it ...
... things he said was that in going to Asia he discovered he never had to go there—that everything he was searching for was present in the monastery, was present in his own hermitage, was present in his own Christian tradition. And so it ...
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... things that were happening to me, God had not protected Jesus from what happened to him. Yet, even so, there was an infinite assurance, an infinite peace—a refuge, a sense of enduring protection—in the midst of it all. It was at about ...
... things that were happening to me, God had not protected Jesus from what happened to him. Yet, even so, there was an infinite assurance, an infinite peace—a refuge, a sense of enduring protection—in the midst of it all. It was at about ...
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... 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 unwittingly carried into the cloister the very terror I sought to flee from. I started ...
... 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 unwittingly carried into the cloister the very terror I sought to flee from. I started ...
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... things of God and filling our imagination with images that inspire and guide us in our spiritual journey. Reading and discursive meditation awaken our desire for God, which we express in prayer. When engaged in prayer, we 16 CHRISTIAN ...
... things of God and filling our imagination with images that inspire and guide us in our spiritual journey. Reading and discursive meditation awaken our desire for God, which we express in prayer. When engaged in prayer, we 16 CHRISTIAN ...
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... as your own meditation practice matures and deepens. The eighteenth-century Christian artist, poet, and mystic William Blake wrote: “If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing would appear to man Divine Destination 19.
... as your own meditation practice matures and deepens. The eighteenth-century Christian artist, poet, and mystic William Blake wrote: “If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing would appear to man Divine Destination 19.
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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