Sentences with phrase «from prayer and meditation»

Not exact matches

«Neglected Christian truths can be revitalized only when by prayer and long meditation we isolate them from the mass of hazy ideas with which our minds are filled and hold them steadily and determinedly in the focus of the mind's attention.»

Now meditation as an exercise in prayer is no different from this sort of natural and normal human experience, except that it is thought about God, about God's character and his activity in the world.

Moreover, in The Divine Milieu, Teilhard reveals that a religious life which would respond to the death of God can not direct its prayer or meditation to a transcendent or numinous realm, but instead must open itself to a divine «center» that fills the whole body of the cosmos, and a «center» that has no existence apart from the movement of the cosmos itself.

I learned about all sorts of management techniques, from talk - therapy, to meditation, to hormones, to surgery, to prayer, to vitamins, to exercise... and experimented with them all.

If you can not be apart from others, you can not engage in prayer and meditation and thus can not enter into genuine relations with God.

but fortunately there are psychologists, mental health practitioners and others who do and I have benefitted greatly from their work, personal testimonies and the various articles / publications which they have produced --(for example, The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology; The Religious & Spiritual Problems category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM - IV) published by the American Psychiatric Association; The US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health PubMed.gov database of healthcare and scientific literature)-- about the adverse psychological effects which can arise when persons engage in intense / deep spiritual practices such as intense / deep prayer, fasting and meditation which alter their state of consciousness.

So for example, in my case and that of other persons whose minds dissociate when we engage in intense / deep spiritual practices like intense / deep prayer, meditation, fasting etc and we hear voices, hallucinate, see visions, experience thought insertions, automatic channelling just like a spirit medium as well as other psychic phenomena (clairvoyance etc), and the mind dissociation makes some persons mentally and emotionally unstable; our minds enter an altered state of consciousness just like those of the Buddhist monks but in our case the altered state of our brains results in psychotic and psychic symptoms being induced (interestingly, some persons who are ignorant of how the human brain functions chalk up these experiences to demonic attack)......... are these psychotic, psychic experiences which persons like myself experience a gift from God as well?

I have had to be doing a lot of self - therapy to rescue my brain from the adverse psychological experiences which I have had as a result of intense prayer and meditation.

I engaged in intense prayer and meditation for quite a few years from adolescence on into adulthood and it seems to me that I succeeded in altering my brain's neurophysiology / chemistry significantly to the point where I could make a living from being a psychic or a spirit medium.

Needed is a foundation for uniting a radical understanding of God's action in history with radical individual and corporate discipleship in the world — namely, reflection which results from depth experience, the spiritual life, the interiorization of faith through meditation, prayer and corporate worship.

Urging clergy and men of religion to renew or revive the practice of prayer, particularly meditation; (2) Distinguishing between the use of alcohol which does not produce a chronic alcoholic and that in which there is «the allergic nature of true alcoholism»; (3) Stressing that «elimination of the phenomenon of craving that follows the treatment does not constitute a cure [but that] the final cure rests with themselves [alcoholics in the second phase of alcoholism]»; (4) Advocating «moral psychology» in achieving entire recovery from alcoholism; (5) Describing the success of the AA.

From these he put together a theory of contemplative prayer: That as person becomes increasingly contemplative in his prayer, he will move from «meditation» (thinking about or imagining Our Lord, for example) to a place where meditation, affections, and thinking ceases and are replaced by what seems to be an experience of nothing, but is closer union with From these he put together a theory of contemplative prayer: That as person becomes increasingly contemplative in his prayer, he will move from «meditation» (thinking about or imagining Our Lord, for example) to a place where meditation, affections, and thinking ceases and are replaced by what seems to be an experience of nothing, but is closer union with from «meditation» (thinking about or imagining Our Lord, for example) to a place where meditation, affections, and thinking ceases and are replaced by what seems to be an experience of nothing, but is closer union with God.

Prayer is only a form of meditation, your g - d does not do anything, you do and the power comes from you, not an outside source.

He also, from his own spiritual experiences, developed a pattern of meditation, contemplation and prayer which he set out in his very influential Spiritual Exercises.

And just as we can ponder on the Unity Law on many levels throughout creation, and marvel at God's work either in simplicity of principle or in great depth of detail, so too in the rosary we can contemplate the Mystery of Christ at many levels, from the childlike words of trust and confidence contained in the prayers themselves, through meditation on the mysteries of our Lord's loving work for us, to the heights of mystical union with the Mind and Heart of ChriAnd just as we can ponder on the Unity Law on many levels throughout creation, and marvel at God's work either in simplicity of principle or in great depth of detail, so too in the rosary we can contemplate the Mystery of Christ at many levels, from the childlike words of trust and confidence contained in the prayers themselves, through meditation on the mysteries of our Lord's loving work for us, to the heights of mystical union with the Mind and Heart of Chriand marvel at God's work either in simplicity of principle or in great depth of detail, so too in the rosary we can contemplate the Mystery of Christ at many levels, from the childlike words of trust and confidence contained in the prayers themselves, through meditation on the mysteries of our Lord's loving work for us, to the heights of mystical union with the Mind and Heart of Chriand confidence contained in the prayers themselves, through meditation on the mysteries of our Lord's loving work for us, to the heights of mystical union with the Mind and Heart of Chriand Heart of Christ.

So too were the half - hour of meditation and the time of silence which he made the discipline of the entire seminary community: «A unifying arch swung from music and play to quietude and prayer...» Schönherr concludes his brief reflection by admitting to being «under the spell of that man who gave himself so entirely, heart and soul, whether in play or in theological discussion.

Although the Dalai Lama presumably adheres to the Buddhist perspective that, as with prayer, there is a supernatural aspect to meditation, he received a standing ovation from thousands of conference attendees, suggesting that most in the neuroscience community were appreciative of his broad - based call for religious and scientific harmony.

Each podcast is under 10 minutes and includes a meditation, message from Spirit Guides, and affirmative prayer.

From Amazon: «The Judgment Detox is an interactive six - step process that calls on spiritual principles from the text A Course in Miracles, Kundalini yoga, the Emotional Freedom Technique (aka Tapping), meditation, prayer and metaphysical teachings.&raFrom Amazon: «The Judgment Detox is an interactive six - step process that calls on spiritual principles from the text A Course in Miracles, Kundalini yoga, the Emotional Freedom Technique (aka Tapping), meditation, prayer and metaphysical teachings.&rafrom the text A Course in Miracles, Kundalini yoga, the Emotional Freedom Technique (aka Tapping), meditation, prayer and metaphysical teachings.»

In my own life, I've been practicing different styles of yoga, embracing time away from social media more often, practicing meditation and prayer more, journaling, reflecting on nature, and have been exploring new health ideas along with reading books and blogs that nourish this part of me as well.

With a combined 20 + years of teaching yoga, they are both dedicated yoga and meditation practitioners, and this project draws its inspiration from years of practice in prayer, plant medicine and spiritual devotion.

Learn to control stress by exercise, plant based unrefined mostly raw diet, good quality supplements, morning and evening meditation (prayer) and reading the Bible (starting from the Gospel of John).

I enjoy spending time with family, traveling as much as possible, reading to learn and just for fun, music and films from around the world, gardening and bird - watching in my backyard, working with my husband on our fixer - upper, walking, biking the NCR trail and the peaceful solitude of prayer and meditation.

My clients benefit from my training in Christian counseling, as we incorporate spiritual tools such as Scripture, prayer, and meditation into the healing process.