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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The Story of Prayer Rufus Goodwin. III . ACCESS TO PRAYER 15. Seed Words for Sleepless Nights 16. Stages of Meditation 144 17. A First Prayer 154 18. Mantras 159 19. Western Mantras 166 20. The Lord's Prayer 171 EPILOGUE : The Future of ...
The Story of Prayer Rufus Goodwin. FOREWORD by Robert Sardello The Soul in Prayer Psychological Reflections on the Vocative Relation Praying seems to be something that we do in much the same way as we converse with another person . But ...
... Prayer can easily be soulless . This is the possi- bility I want to work against . Why do I say that prayer is an act of the soul rather than an act of the spirit ? Consider the difference between praying and meditating . Med- itation ...
... prayer does not go well , just as my meditation suf- fers when extraneous thoughts intrude . Prayer as an act of the soul requires that we refrain from quickly rattling off a string of words . Each word , when savored , relished , and ...
... praying , since a reverberation occurs in prayer that changes the qual- ity of the literal words . Praying is not just something that we do ; praying is something we enter . One aspect of entering is hearing the resonant quality of 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 |