For those of you who are familiar with the practice of Centering Prayer as a contemplative practice, I got this very interesting quote today that is from a 14th Century book called The Cloud of Unknowing: The Classic of Medieval Mysticism. I admit that I never read this book in my travels because the translation ...
In my daily tweet from Contemplative Outreach, (yea – I’m experementing with Twitter as a business tool, and that whole social marketing gig. for DayJob,, Inc) they brought up a question/quandry that I have had for a very long time. Contemplative Outreach sends out a quote every morning to folks who follow on Twitter, mostly ...
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Folks in the Christian tradition are beginning of 40 days of contemplation and solitude… a time to stop and consider what it is that my life – my spiritual life – means to me. Some people give up sometihing (hopefully) of some importance to them, though usually it’s “sweets” or “shopping at D&G” that’s easily ...
This quotation that I came across recently is one of the better “plain english” explanations of what Centering Prayer is, even though the idea in the quote is not about prayer at all. People often ask what IS comtemplative prayer, or after hearing an explanation, then ask for the plain-english “pitch” version. I think I ...
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Sheep May Safely Graze. Pianist Greg Anderson. I cannot prompt you better than the performing artist does himself: “Imagine you are in heaven, and all is at peace.” – Amen
