Cultivating Stillness
In Eastern Christianity, an important part of our seeking the Lord involves cultivating what the spiritual masters call “stillness,” or dispassion. The idea is simple …
In Eastern Christianity, an important part of our seeking the Lord involves cultivating what the spiritual masters call “stillness,” or dispassion. The idea is simple …
As we learn to see and experience the different sensations that make up our physical and interior lives, our gentle observation leads to greater freedom …
In Eastern Christian spirituality, there is a rich tradition of praying with the breath. The method they employ is fairly easy to learn and summarize. …
There is no such thing as bad prayer. There is suffering and there is temptation; their is pain and their are moments in which we …
In the past, I have dealt with the question of how Mindfulness can be integrated into Christian living and prayer (http://wp.me/p4nJWp-60). In that article, I …
As much as I write and discuss prayer and meditation on my website, I have come to realize that there is no substitute for experience. …
An important term used in scholarly research on Buddhist and Hindu spirituality is “enstasy.” The idea is relatively simple. Through a variety of meditation techniques, …
Relationships involve forms of communication and ways of spending time with each other that extends beyond our words and language. We implicitly acknowledge this reality …
In meditating on the things of God, there must come a point in which the believer longs for more. It is not enough to simply …
Reading and study should lead us to that creative encounter in which knowledge gives rise to wonder. In this way, study and reading leads to …