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Practitioners of Centering Prayer are known for the great
enthusiasm they bring to the practice of this ancient discipline.
Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening is a complete guidebook for
all who wish to know the practice of Centering Prayer. Cynthia
Bourgeault goes further than offering an introduction, however. She
examines how the practice is related to the classic tradition of
Christian contemplation, looks at the distinct nuances of its
method, and explores its revolutionary potential to transform
Christian life. The book encourages dialogue between Centering
Prayer enthusiasts and those classic institutions of Christian
nurture churches, seminaries, and schools of theology that have yet
to accept real ownership of the practice and its potential.
In The Corner of Fourth and Nondual, a title inspired by Thomas
Merton’s moment of revelation ‘at the Corner of Fourth and
Walnut’ in his celebrated essay ‘A Member of the Human Race’,
Cynthia Bourgeault – internationally-renowned retreat leader,
practitioner and teacher of Centering Prayer – describes the
foundations of her theology: a cosmological seeing with the eye of
the heart, and classic Benedictine daily rule informed and
enlightened by wisdom from the Asian traditions. She explains the
influence of the author of The Cloud of Unknowing, Teilhard de
Chardin, Boehme, Barnhart, Keating and Gurdjieff, among others in a
philosophy built on the cornerstones of the Incarnation and the
Paschal Mystery, tied by the Trinity as a cosmogonic principle, the
fundamental generative mechanism through which all things came into
being.
Mary Magdalene is one of the most influential symbols in the
history of Christianity--yet, if you look in the Bible, you'll find
only a handful of verses that speak of her. How did she become such
a compelling saint in the face of such paltry evidence? In her
effort to answer that question, Cynthia Bourgeault examines the
Bible, church tradition, art, legend, and newly discovered texts to
see what's there. She then applies her own reasoning and intuition,
informed by the wisdom of the ages-old Christian contemplative
tradition. What emerges is a radical view of Mary Magdalene as
Jesus's most important disciple, the one he considered to
understand his teaching best. That teaching was characterized by a
nondualistic approach to the world and by a deep understanding of
the value of the feminine. Cynthia shows how an understanding of
Mary Magdalene can revitalize contemporary Christianity, how
Christians and others can, through her, find their way to Jesus's
original teachings and apply them to their modern lives.
At a time when people are yearning for good news, Cynthia
Bourgeault's new book invites us to find our way to the hope that
does not disappoint or fail. In our usual way of looking at things,
hope is tied to outcome: "I hope I get this job" or "I hope my
mother gets well." The Bible introduces us to a different kind of
hope that has its source not in events but in the mercy of God, a
lifeblood of compassion connecting our heart to God's heart and the
heart of all creation. In five interwoven meditations, Mystical
Hope shows how to recognize this hope in our own lives, where it
comes from, how to deepen it through prayer, and how to carry it
into the world as a source of strength and renewal. Mystical Hope
is one of our series of Cowley Cloister Books: smaller format, gift
edition books designed for meditative and devotional reading.
"Ablaze with passion for the one essential task of the monk:
total inner transformation." --Brother David Stendl-Rast
"Libraries offering titles on mysticism, inner transformation,
or dealing with grief will find this a unique and welcome
addition."--"Library Journal"
This powerful book, written by an Episcopal priest, tells of her
intense relationship with Brother Raphael Robin, a seventy-year-old
Trappist monk and hermit. Both believed that a relationship can
continue beyond this life, and here Cynthia Bourgeault describes
her search for that connection before and after Robin's death.
Bourgeault's previous books include "The Wisdom Jesus" and
"Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening."
A new edition of the classic that helped launch the Centering
Prayer movement. Centering Prayer is a precious part of the ancient
spiritual traditions of the West. When Finding Grace at the Center
was first published in 1978, people all over the world welcomed
this practical guide to a simple and beautiful form of meditative
prayer. Reflections and advice on Centering Prayer's possibilities
- and its pitfalls - are presented with clarity and simplicity,
with a vision of the deeper life of the soul that contemplative
prayer can bring about. Now, with a new foreword by Rev. Cynthia
Bourgeault, PhD, another generation will discover the amazing
difference Centering Prayer can make in their lives.
The pure and penetrating message of the Divine Feminine - Wisdom -
can become a companion for your own spiritual journey The first of
God's creations and God's endless delight, Wisdom (also known as
Chochma and Sophia) is the Mother of all life, the guide to right
living - She is God manifest in the world you encounter moment to
moment. Her teachings, embedded in the Holy Scriptures of Jews and
Christians, are passionate, powerful calls to live in harmony, love
with integrity and act joyously. Through the Hebrew books of
Psalms, Proverbs, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes and Job, and the
Wisdom literature books of Sirach and the Wisdom of Solomon, the
Divine Feminine speaks to you directly, and Her only desire is to
teach you to become wise. Rami Shapiro's contemporary translations
and powerful commentaries clarify who Wisdom is, what She teaches,
and how Her words can help you live justly, wisely and with
compassion. This is not a book about Wisdom but the voice of Wisdom
Herself, liberating, uplifting and compelling. Now you can
experience the Divine Feminine and understand Her teachings with no
previous knowledge of Wisdom literature. This SkyLight
Illuminations edition presents insightful commentary that explains
Sophia's way of wisdom and illustrates the countless opportunities
to experience Her creative energy through which God fashions all
things.
If you put aside what you think you know about Jesus and approach
the Gospels as though for the first time, something remarkable
happens: Jesus emerges as a teacher of radical wisdom and
compassion, whose aim is nothing less than the transformation of
human consciousness. His methods are as bold and surprising as a
Zen master's. And his aim is to break through our habitual thinking
and to effect a complete conversion of our minds and hearts.
Cynthia Bourgeault is our guide to rediscovering Jesus as a wisdom
master in the tradition of the Buddha and other teachers. She looks
to the Gospels, to contemplative experience, and to recently
discovered ancient Christian documents (such as the Nag Hammadi
scriptures and the Gospel of Thomas) to reveal a fresh new
understanding of Jesus and his teaching. What Jesus experienced,
she says, was a profound understanding of nonduality-the essential
oneness of all things-and his aim was to transmit this truth to
others experientially. She provides instruction in simple practices
from the Christian contemplative tradition that leads to the kind
of transformation Jesus taught.These include Centering Prayer, a
form of Christian meditation, and Lectio Divina: "Divine reading,"
a meditative practice unique to Christianity that intersperses slow
and deliberate reading of a text with silence, contemplation, and
prayer.
Communicates the depth and power of the Christian 'wisdom
tradition', and the promise of its dramatic rebirth in our time
The pure and penetrating message of the Divine Feminine Wisdom can
become a companion for your own spiritual journey The first of
God's creations and God’s endless delight, Wisdom (also known as
Chochma and Sophia) is the Mother of all life, the guide to right
living. She is God manifest in the world you encounter moment to
moment. Her teachings, embedded in the Holy Scriptures of Jews and
Christians, are passionate, powerful calls to live in harmony, love
with integrity and act joyously. Through the Hebrew books of
Psalms, Proverbs, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes and Job, and the
Wisdom literature books of Sirach and the Wisdom of Solomon, the
Divine Feminine speaks to you directly, and Her only desire is to
teach you to become wise. Rami Shapiro’s contemporary
translations and powerful commentaries clarify who Wisdom is, what
She teaches, and how Her words can help you live justly, wisely and
with compassion. This is not a book about Wisdom but the voice of
Wisdom Herself, liberating, uplifting and compelling. Now you can
experience the Divine Feminine and understand Her teachings with no
previous knowledge of Wisdom literature. This SkyLight
Illuminations edition presents insightful commentary that explains
Sophia’s way of wisdom and illustrates the countless
opportunities to experience Her creative energy through which God
fashions all things.
A new edition of the classic that helped launch the Centering
Prayer movement. Centering Prayer is a precious part of the ancient
spiritual traditions of the West. When Finding Grace at the Center
was first published in 1978, people all over the world welcomed
this practical guide to a simple and beautiful form of meditative
prayer. Reflections and advice on Centering Prayer's
possibilities—and its pitfalls—are presented with clarity and
simplicity, with a vision of the deeper life of the soul that
contemplative prayer can bring about. Now, with a new foreword by
Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault, PhD, another generation will discover the
amazing difference Centering Prayer can make in their lives.
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