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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... become fully evident . It certainly seems possible that , as long as we are saying a prayer and repeating it , a further refining of image occurs . It is important to develop the capacity to experience this kind of subtlety when we pray ...
... become egotistical , even though we may think it is not . Without some sense of soul , we are most likely speaking only to ourselves when we pray . Certainly we have no assurance that our words address who we think they do . You may ask ...
... become poets when we pray . The ideal of praying is that during the time of prayer everything within us becomes " word . " Our thinking , our emotions , our imagination all become centered in the word , so much so that we become word ...
... becomes more conscious — the word aspect of the polarity also changes . The words we speak in prayer begin to be more sensuous , even erotic . As we pray , even silently , the words no longer come , so to speak , out of the head ; the ...
... become a means of perception . And it can change the root of perception - it can help us cognitively restructure . Changing per- ceptions is a way to change yourself and the world . Prayer is a way out of the present , reaching into the ...
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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 |