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Carregando... The Way of Unknowing: Expanding Spiritual Horizons Through Meditationde John Main
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I needed to take this deep book about meditation in the context of Christianity in small doses, reading it over a period of months, even though it is fairly short. Meditation is a vital spiritual discipline for me, but I find there is little written about it from the contemplative Christian point of view. I don't agree with everything Main says,but it has helped me form my meditation practice in the context of Christianity, since I learned meditation as more of a Buddhist practice. Main's thoughts are grounded in the Word as well as experience. I found gems like the following: "The purpose of meditation is that we listen and that we become attentive. We become attentive to the presence of God, who described himself in the definitive Old Testament revelation as "I AM WHO I AM." (p. 120) Most likely I will return to this bookfor treasured passages or to reread fully in the future. ( ) sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
John Main understood that the remedy for the malaise that affects individuals and nations alike was the love of Christ. He taught that when we build our lives on the rock-like foundation of this love, we become rooted in the ultimate reality, and the winds and storms of life, and even death itself, no longer have power over us. In the short chapters of this book, he shows how we can find the way to this foundation and root ourselves in the eternal love that nothing can destroy. The way is simplicity itself, but it is also a way of dispossession. Daily meditation brings us to the place where our lives become wholly immersed in the Spirit of God, but it requires that we come empty handed and prepared to walk the way of unknowing. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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