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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... hand , I might pray to Sophia by saying something like : " O , Sophia , Holy Soul of the World , give us the blessing of your almighty Wisdom ; may Your presence guide us toward the unity of Heaven and Earth . " When I pray in this way ...
... hand , and as the language of the soul on the other , the words with which we begin praying do two things . On the side of ordinary speaking , we begin every prayer by announcing our humbleness — with an act of humility that , so to ...
... What is the difference between prayer and meditation ? Do I need to fold my hands or kneel when I pray ? What is the difference between mental prayer and verbal prayer ? What of the nexus between prayer and creed INTRODUCTION.
... hands Your head should hold between them , Praying that God preserve thee So pure , so lovely , so fair . -HEINRICH HEINE ( 1797-1856 ) Here the poet addresses his love . The attitude of the poem is a prayer . The poem activates the ...
... hand or by visual- ization . The exercise is to pursue discursively , though not necessar- ily verbally , the nature of a pencil as far as thought can go . One does not , however , worship the pencil . Thus , meditation is cognitive ...
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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 |