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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... recitation — out loud or in silence — of words addressed to a spiritual being . Similarly , when we make up our own prayers , we seem to be addressing some invisible being , whom we believe to be present and able to hear what we are ...
... reciting these same words . It sings the same song with me . I think that the community of praying we join is the community of the angels . It is never just God and me , or Mary and me , or Sophia and me . It is our egotism that ...
... recitation of empty phrases . The need to pray almost qualifies as a human instinct , a " hard wiring , " not just a power or duty of church or party . This work is not meant to be sectarian or denominational 2 THE VOCATIVE RELATION.
... recitations , repetition , and offices . Prayer may , to be sure , be spontaneous — but that is sometimes a real problem , even for one who wants to pray . One doesn't at first know how to speak to a God . Finding the words can be an ...
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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 |