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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... higher , of the divine . One poem , one prayer , is like one grain of sand on the beach . It starts the dialogue . This is why even focus words or poetry can help a person in the direction that leads to prayer : that of wholeness , or ...
... higher , magic life in the world around us . Outwardly , these observances may sometimes seem dead to the nonbeliever . In fact , they have an inner life , but the newcomer or habituated old - timer may not always be able to see or ...
... higher knowing , while prayer represents praxis , the process of higher doing , or the practice of devotion . Meditation , on the whole , is distinct from adoration and ... higher meditation and higher prayer and 2: Speaking and Listening.
The Story of Prayer Rufus Goodwin. It is true that higher meditation and higher prayer and lead to a unitive experience , as we shall see . But first , the differences . Prayer : the speaking . Meditation : the listening . tend to merge ...
... higher insight . Speaking and listening . We should not get too hung up here on whether thought or feeling can ever be nonverbal : if we can listen to a thought without hearing words , or , indeed , pray from the heart , with feelings ...
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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 |