Sentences with phrase «on contemplative»

The Philip Slein Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of some of those artists, including Alison Hall, whose Book of Beginnings is a small black diptych on panel about the size of a book; and Louis Cameron, whose digitally manipulated photos of clouds evoke the 14th - century Christian mysticism of The Cloud of Unknowing, a guidebook on contemplative prayer.

Along with his friends and fellow artists Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, and Barnett Newman, Gottlieb matched the desire to focus on the contemplative component of painting, striving to produce works that engender emotive experiences for the viewer.

Still strong in works of artists such as Futura (whom we interviewed recently), or a new hope of the international art scene, David Ostrowski, abstraction presents a way of experiencing art on both contemplative, and energetic level.

Like them, I want to make work based on contemplative ideas that deal with who we are, what we think about, and what we strive for.

The highlighted films were selected based on their contemplative views of the Syrian crisis and their engagement with the history of cinema as a means of subverting dominant narratives.

As Senior Director of the Initiative on Contemplative Teaching and Learning at the Garrison Institute, Dr. Jennings led the faculty team that developed Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE for Teachers), a mindfulness - based program for teachers designed to reduce stress and promote improvements in classroom climate and student academic and behavioral outcomes.

Last month, I attended the first International Symposium on Contemplative Studies, where I learned about the work of three young men from Baltimore who are teaching children anger management through yoga.

Meanwhile, here are two of those pages to help you further: Breathing Exercise More on Contemplative Techniques

Speaking of Silence: Christians and Buddhists on the Contemplative Way.

In the churches also the renewed emphasis on contemplative meditation or «centring prayer» reflects the desire to discover and set free the Spiritual Power which dwells in the heart of every person.

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The point is to get that contemplative time into your day on a regular basis, he says.

Whether it's the type of mindful meditation he teaches or simply taking a half - hour to sit quietly, Scheinman says one of the most powerful ways to ward off stress on a daily basis is to engage in some sort of regular contemplative practice.

Schultz then went a bit contemplative on the raptly - attentive crowd, sharing with the audience his belief that individual citizens, not just politicians and political parties, need to increase civility and improve the discourse level in the country, not only every four years but ever day, in the face of what Schultz sees as increased partisanship, polarization and cynicism.

We admire the quiet, contemplative heroes and look down on those loud, abrasive extroverts.

A comment that stays with me from many years ago, when I first encountered contemplative prayer on a visit to a Carmelite monastery, is a friend's observation that none of us can know how much of what God is doing in the world is brought about in response to the prayers of people we don't know and never see.

Tyranowski, possibly because he was supporting his mother, became intent on living the contemplative life in the lay state.

In defining the complex notion of wisdom, Deane - Drummond introduces the concept of wisdom as an understanding of different facets of reality, a contemplative «way of knowing» lost by modern science with its focus on specific discoveries.

The post is so full of historical inaccuracies, theological problems, and contradictions that it's hard to know where to start, but I want to make clear from the get - go that my response to this post should not be seen as an attack on Tim Challies himself, (who I respect and like), but rather a response to the general belief that God's presence is limited to the pages of Scripture and that all forms of contemplative or experiential spirituality should therefore be dismissed out of hand or regarded with suspicion.

The Contemplative Hunger focuses on hunger for God: «The essential grace behind contemplative prayer is the fusing of an intense longing for God with a deep surrender tContemplative Hunger focuses on hunger for God: «The essential grace behind contemplative prayer is the fusing of an intense longing for God with a deep surrender tcontemplative prayer is the fusing of an intense longing for God with a deep surrender to him.»

This déchristianisation included abolishing contemplative religious orders; confiscating monastic and other ecclesiastical properties; forcing the clergy to sign an oath of loyalty to the state in the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790); killing thousands of non-oath-taking priests in the Vendée uprising of 1793; pillaging churches and monasteries throughout France and Europe to finance the revolutionary armies fighting abroad; the abrogation of the Gregorian calendar and attempt to introduce a new one based on Revolutionary - era sensibilities; the renaming of streets and locales from saints» names to figures and ideals of the Revolution; the brief transformation of the venerable Notre Dame cathedral into a «Temple of Reason,» dedicated «to philosophy»; and, not least, the abduction and exile of no less than two popes, Pius VI (1798) and Pius VII (1809).

Donald Haggerty's first book, Contemplative Provocations (reviewed here in December 2013), offered aphoristic counsel on prayer and contemplation, particularly in light of God's concealment from those who most earnestly seek him.

While on a human level our Apostolate is one of the most active imaginable, I think it has also been destined by God to be deeply contemplative.

But it was due also to the extraordinary demands placed on the listener by the complex structure and contemplative nature of Bruckner's symphonies.

Alone on the hill, with the dark sky and the stars above and the discordant world below, the narrator sinks more deeply into a contemplative state and, much like Stapledon's description of the Whiteheadian explorer, proceeds on a panoramic exploration, leaving his mountain top in a flight of imagination while staring at the stars.

Their works have had a lasting influence on both Eastern Orthodox and Catholic spirituality, especially regarding the development of contemplative and mystical practices and theology.

In other cases, the world is left behind on the inward route of contemplative discipline; undifferentiated unity is found in the depth of one's own soul.

Since then, I've tried a few different resources, learned from people much wiser than I am and generally tried to figure out this hybrid thing I have going on — happy - clappy - Jesus - kid anti-establishment woman that loves contemplative practices and liturgy and the Church.

The destruction of the monastic houses was an attack on a kind of approach to Christianity which was contemplative, ordered and quiet.

Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God by fr.

Being a contemplative is not a matter of technique; instead, it means «carrying on a secret, intensifying exchange of self - giving with God.»

St. Dominic founded the Order of Preachers after a long contemplative season which, in the words of one biographer «burst into flame» when he encountered Albigensians (ancient Manichean dualists) on travels through southern France.

You draw your own conclusions on the strength of a fresh, contemplative reading of the four Songs in immediate sequence.

By focusing solely on the person's contemplative - spiritual side, it fails to acknowledge the strength of his or her inner drives and passions.

On the other hand, there are numerous points of entry into the biblical canon — whether the Gospels in contemplative traditions or Paul's letter to the Romans in Lutheran churches.

All the best spiritual writers of the Church place the sacraments at the top of the list of a foundation for the contemplative way, but few of us build higher on this rock than we find convenient.

No sleeping on guard for the elvish contemplatives.

God, by contrast, is the infinite actuality that makes it possible for photons and (possibly) fairies to exist, and so can be «investigated» only, on the one hand, by acts of logical deduction and conjecture or, on the other, by contemplative or spiritual experiences.

This Muslim message never disturbed me; on the contrary, it made me religiously reflective and contemplative.

Nothing one can do will convert Gregorian chant into a style as bodily and erotic in its center as various kinds of rock; nor can rock be made to sound as contemplative or as ethereal as chant, though it can indeed take on an aura of ecstasy.

In later Mahayana Buddhism this contemplative love takes on a strongly active character.

It is hard to sympathize with the restive Mertons against the Contemplative Merton who joined the Trappists fully knowing and desiring a life of restrictions on correspondence, visitors, and involvement with the outside world.

On the social level the contemplative easily intuits the roots of war: fear of self and others that springs from inability to trust God; the unrecognized self - hatred that we project onto others; the illusory view that our political ideals are purer than our opponents», and the accompanying moral paralysis that stems from an exaggerated sense of guilt about holding this illusion.

On Friday one of the rovers, John Paramor, the director of operations and chief referee on the European tour, looks contemplative as he smokes a cigarette in a cart by the 8th fairwaOn Friday one of the rovers, John Paramor, the director of operations and chief referee on the European tour, looks contemplative as he smokes a cigarette in a cart by the 8th fairwaon the European tour, looks contemplative as he smokes a cigarette in a cart by the 8th fairway.

Contemplative practices bestow great benefits on adults who practice regularly.

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These include enjoying contemplative moments on beaches and trailside benches, taking woodland walks, and making pond - side discoveries.

«I sort of have deluded myself for years that she was wearing a sort of day - dreamy, contemplative look on her face, but let's face it, she looks far more constipated than contemplative.»

She is the lead author of a study in Springer's Journal of Cognitive Enhancement which looked at the influence a three - month contemplative training course had on a group of adults.

A few I love right now include the online 200 - Hour Meditation Teacher Training with Charlie Knoles (The Veda Institute) on mindbodygreen, the 100 - Hour Teacher Training at The Path in NYC (Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science, The Path and Pure Yoga), and Journey Meditation's 100 - Hour Teacher Training in NYC (Journey Meditation Teacher Training Program).

Piers is a certified yoga instructor and leads contemplative retreats at the Alcyon Center on Mount Desert Island in Maine.