Meditation is simple and practical. It is about
experience rather than theory: a way of being rather than
merely a way of thinking. Indeed, because of the profound
change meditation can work in one's life it is even more than
a way of prayer; it is a way of life, a way of living from the
deep centre of one's being.
The focus of meditation is Christocentric. This means that
it is centred on the prayer of Christ which is continuously
poured forth in the Holy Spirit in the depth of each human
being. Deeper than all ideas of God is God himself. Deeper
than imagination is the reality of God. Thus, in this way of
pure prayer we leave all thoughts, words and images behind in
order to set our minds on the Kingdom of God before all else.
In this way we leave our egotistical self behind to die and
rise to our true self in Christ.
Meditation is the missing contemplative dimension of much
Christian life today. It does not exclude other types of
prayer and indeed deepens one's reverence for the sacraments
and one's reading of scriptures. Laurence Freeman OSB
Glorify
His Name - Provides classic writings by renown pillars
of the Church.
Centering
Prayer
Centering
Prayer - Contemplative Outreach
Contemplative
Outreach Northwest
The
Cloud of Unknowing - "A book of contemplation ...
, in which the soul is one with God." 14th-century work
upon which the theology of centering prayer is based.
The World
Community for Christian Meditation
CP-Support
is a support group for those practicing Centering Prayer.
Prayer:
The Contemplative Way
The
Mercy Site - Provides links, resources and teaching on
contemplative prayer
according to Romans 8:26.
The
Centering Prayer of Thomas Keating
Contemplative
Prayer and Christ
St.
John Chrysostom on the Lord's Prayer
Prayer
Without Ceasing
Christian
Quotations
Mindfulness
Christian
Meditation
Methods
of Meditation and Prayer
Christian
Classics Online
Practice
God's Presence: Father Lawrence
Practice
of the Presence of God: The Best Rule of Holy Life by
Brother Lawrence
Teresa
of Avila on prayer
The
Way of Perfection
"THE
EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS" Christian Meditation (4:8)
INTERACTIVE:
The
Way of the Cross - A multimedia feature tracing Jesus'
passion and death.
Meditation
and Silence
The
Practice of Awareness Meditation
The
Meaning of a Contemplative Life
Resting
in God
The
Lord is My Shepard Devotional
"The
Spiritual Life" -- Evelyn Underhill
Falling
in Love with God
Gratitude
Trust
the Lord in the Journey
The
Cloud of Unknowing
St.
Teresa of Avila
My
Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
Short
and Easy Method of Prayer by Madame Guyon
Centuries
of Meditations by Thomas Traherne
True
Vine Meditations by Andrew Murray
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