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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... spirit ? Consider the difference between praying and meditating . Med- itation may begin with the soul , but it moves toward , or into , the spirit . For example , suppose I begin to meditate on Sophia— divine feminine Wisdom — by ...
... spirits . The only corrective for such vanities is that prayer works through the medium of the angels , and in order to join them we must search for and find the singing nature of our own angelic aspect . We cannot , however , go ...
... the work of returning prayer to the soul . Hence , speaking on behalf of soul , I welcome it as a valuable contribution to the return of soul and spirit to the world . Give Us This Day the story of prayer INTRODUCTION Prayer XX FOREWORD.
... ghosts from an enchanter fleeing , ... Wild Spirit , which art moving everywhere Destroyer and preserver : hear , oh , hear ! -PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY ( 1792-1822 ) The vocative relation , or mood of invocation , is The Vocative Relation 9.
... spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky ; and for everything which is infinite which is natural which is yes ( i who have died am alive again today , And this is the sun's birthday ; this is the birth day of life and of love and ...
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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 |