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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... Speaking and Listening 16 3. Does God Hear ? 23 II . PRAYER THROUGH THE AGES 4. Early Prayer 31 5. The Wailing Wall : Jewish Tradition 42 6. Celtic Blessings 49 7. Jesus at Prayer 57 8. The Apostles Pray 68 9. The Church Fathers 75 10 ...
... speak . The words and the images go together . The images are not arbitrary , nor are the words and the images external to each other . Therefore , in thinking of prayer , it is better to try to con- ceive of a " word - image " field ...
... speaking . The literal words may feel quite flat in comparison , but not when 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 ...
... speak , and then I listen to hear the other person's response . Likewise , in prayer , the soul speaks its own language ... speaking and listening does not exist . If I say the " Our Father , " it is not as if I were saying something and ...
... speaking , we begin every prayer by announcing our humbleness — with an act of humility that , so to speak , puts us in our proper place . But these same words , from the soul point of view , are words of praise , words that speak 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 |