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Summary: A Wealth of Information on the Loving Search for God
Review: An excellent and practical guide to the reasons for/results of contemplative prayer. A wonderful resource for anyone involved in any Christian healing prayer. Explains how our emotional "programs" are healed through contemplative prayer and what the symptoms of that healing are. There are three tapes in this set and the third tape is confusing and repeats almost verbatim sections from the first two tapes. Nonetheless, it is extraordinarily informative and helpful. Do yourself a favor and get this book.
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Summary: The human capacity for god.
Review: Contemplative prayer is rooted in what Saint Thomas Aquinas identified as "the human capacity for God." Here is detailed workshop on this form of traditional Christian meditation.
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Summary: For Anyone Seeking Peace and True Rest
Review: Contemplative Prayer is the traditional Christian method of meditation and yet most Christians have never heard of it! It has been actively repressed at times in history and now is "damned by faint praise" by the Catholic Church.Meditation in general is looked upon with great suspicion by most Protestant religions, who feel that it opens one up for possession. Thus one of the most valuable tools for salvation - the ability to place oneself in the Presence of God - is being unwittingly withheld from the faithful! Fr. Keating is a kind, wise and gentle teacher. He explains why people get unhappy with their earthly circumstances based on programming received prior to their ability to "defend themselves" mentally. He then offers a very simple and straight-forward form of meditation that brings profound peace and deep rest for the body, mind and spirit. Anyone seeking peace and true rest in their lives will find this presentation to be a godsend.
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Summary: For Anyone Seeking Peace and True Rest
Review: Contemplative Prayer is the traditional Christian method of meditation and yet most Christians have never heard of it! It has been actively repressed at times in history and now is "damned by faint praise" by the Catholic Church. Meditation in general is looked upon with great suspicion by most Protestant religions, who feel that it opens one up for possession. Thus one of the most valuable tools for salvation - the ability to place oneself in the Presence of God - is being unwittingly withheld from the faithful! Fr. Keating is a kind, wise and gentle teacher. He explains why people get unhappy with their earthly circumstances based on programming received prior to their ability to "defend themselves" mentally. He then offers a very simple and straight-forward form of meditation that brings profound peace and deep rest for the body, mind and spirit. Anyone seeking peace and true rest in their lives will find this presentation to be a godsend.
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Summary: For Anyone Seeking Peace and True Rest
Review: Contemplative Prayer is the traditional Christian method of meditation and yet most Christians have never heard of it! It has been actively repressed at times in history and now is "damned by faint praise" by the Catholic Church. Meditation in general is looked upon with great suspicion by most Protestant religions, who feel that it opens one up for possession. Thus one of the most valuable tools for salvation - the ability to place oneself in the Presence of God - is being unwittingly withheld from the faithful! Fr. Keating is a kind, wise and gentle teacher. He explains why people get unhappy with their earthly circumstances based on programming received prior to their ability to "defend themselves" mentally. He then offers a very simple and straight-forward form of meditation that brings profound peace and deep rest for the body, mind and spirit. Anyone seeking peace and true rest in their lives will find this presentation to be a godsend.
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Summary: A simple, easy-to-use method for uniting our lives with God.
Review: Father Keating uses the simple technique of centering prayer to help us come to terms with events and situations in our lives. I believe that anyone who practices this technique will have a much calmer and happier life. I have studied and utilized the method, especially during the course of this past summer, and can verify that this Trappist monk's technique is an easy way that any one can learn to help relieve and deal with the stress and anxiety of life, especially as we move into the 21st century. This is something ALL of us need in our day and age.
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Summary: Protestants meditate, too.
Review: I found this audiobook very helpful. I think it offered a good guide for the newly contemplative, as well as those who have been pondering God and the universe for a long time. I have drawn on its wisdom often since 9/11, also. Bruce, as a recovering Catholic, I can tell you that Christians of denominations OTHER THAN CATHOLIC do meditate- even Episcopal heathens like me. =) Maybe you can find some Protestants and actually ask them about this. We're not hard to track down. (And it's actually the Catholic church that has detailed guidelines regarding posession & exorcisms).
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Summary: Protestants meditate, too.
Review: I found this audiobook very helpful. I think it offered a good guide for the newly contemplative, as well as those who have been pondering God and the universe for a long time. I have drawn on its wisdom often since 9/11, also. Bruce, as a recovering Catholic, I can tell you that Christians of denominations OTHER THAN CATHOLIC do meditate- even Episcopal heathens like me. =) Maybe you can find some Protestants and actually ask them about this. We're not hard to track down. (And it's actually the Catholic church that has detailed guidelines regarding posession & exorcisms).
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Summary: Healing childhood wounds
Review: If you pass the first cassete, congratulations!! There is so much rich material, you can play it till the tape wears out. Keating tells the story of our lives right from the womb to our destructive adult life. Our maturity being hampered by the emotional wounds we all receive as kids, the degree being the difference. This is not the place to blame any parent as there is no perfect parent and also the fallen nature of man prevents this. Besides, it seems by the design that we will face external dissapointments and insecurity since we have a society built on such wounded beings. The purpose is to turn you inward and find the security, love and self indenty in God within you. This is the story of Man, an excellent tape series.
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