Give Us This Day: The Story of PrayerSteinerBooks, 1999 - Всего страниц: 256 Gandhi called prayer "the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening." But what is a prayer? Do you need to believe in God in order to pray? Why are the words important? What is the difference between prayer and meditation? Should you ask for things when you pray? Do prayers change the world around us? Rufus Goodwin--writer, linguist, and former United Press correspondent to the Vatican--addresses these and other questions about prayer in this thoughtful book. He examines the various traditions of prayer through the ages. He discusses practices, ranging from the ancient Indian yoga of sound to the Christian monastic rules of prayer, giving examples of the various religious litanies that ritualize and celebrate the sense of a higher life. Goodwin's intention is not to compare different traditions, but to get at the essential technique and the attitude of prayer--its cognitive workings. Prayer is seen as key to an active inner life and an experience of the higher self. He shows us how prayer can bring about a cognitive restructuring that provides greater access to renewal, imagination, inspiration, and intuition, and provides an anchor for meaning in daily life. |
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... Lord's Prayer 171 EPILOGUE : The Future of Prayer 176 APPENDIX A : Selected Prayers and Meditations B : Medicine in Prayer 197 GLOSSARY of Prayer Terms 207 BIBLIOGRAPHY 217 INDEX 223 137 185 FOREWORD by Robert Sardello The Soul in ...
... Lord , " " Our Father , " " Hail Mary , " or " Dear God " may seem like sum- moning a presence , a divine being , but they are not commands . They are words of praise . Every prayer begins with praise , and every prayer is an act of ...
... Lord in ordinary conversa- tion , I cannot be aware of the forming of the L , the O , the R , the D. In prayer , however , we must begin to develop a kind of word- consciousness in which our words and thoughts do not exist side by side ...
... Lord ! Who the Sire was , Father first of Holiness ? Who the pathway for the sun , and stars ordained ? Who , through whom is't moon doth wax and wane again ? This and much else do I long , O God , to know . This I ask Thee — tell it to ...
... Lord , Allah , Jehovah , Jesus , the Christ , God , in fact , may be listening through us . This may be the secret . This is not something that can be scientifically proven — there is no printout — although it can be philosophically ...
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The Wailing Wall Jewish Tradition | 42 |
Celtic Blessings | 49 |
Jesus at Prayer | 57 |
ACCESS TO PRAYER | 135 |
Seed Words for Sleepless Nights | 137 |
Stages or Meditation | 144 |
A First Prayer | 154 |
Mantras | 159 |
Western Mantras | 166 |
The Lords Prayer | 171 |
The Future or Prayer | 176 |
The Apostles Pray | 68 |
The Church Fathers | 75 |
Eastern Orthodox Tradition | 86 |
Prayer Rugs Islamic Tradition | 93 |
What Use Is Prayer? The Medievals | 104 |
The Dazzling Darkness | 113 |
Objections to Prayer | 123 |
APPENDIX | 185 |
B Medicine in Prayer | 197 |
GLOSSARY of prayer terms | 207 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 217 |
INDEX | 222 |