When other thoughts or images intrude, return to your object of meditation. When you are distracted, return to Christ.
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Think of any interruption as another opportunity to return to the spiritual ideal embodied in the perfection of Christ. The words, musical sounds, or images that you use have energy and consciousness. The transformative power of this energy and consciousness will grow through your use of them in meditation. This life force and energy is substantial in its transformative power. Eventually you will experience this power in ways that show its true essence, which is love. The highest ideal in this meditation practice is the model of the perfect awareness, perfect consciousness, and perfect love found in Jesus Christ.
In the record we have of the life of Jesus we are given some of his words and actions. There are also things we can interpret from his life about God and the process of becoming one with God. Most, but not all of this, is from the biblical record. I believe we can also access material from the lives of mystics, saints, and other holy persons, especially those who have chosen Christ as their spiritual master and teacher.
These are also potentially worthy objects to use in meditation. This will feel counter-intuitive to Jeffrey because he was taught to meditate in a secular fashion, and he has always sought to universalize the experience in an effort to appeal to more people. Although I am speaking to you in a manner as if one is the outside coming in, and the other the inside coming out of meditation, these are all internal processes. There is a need in the Christian church for a re-awakening of the interior life, especially in the Protestant Christian.
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You must understand one of the differences that I am trying to say to you now. It can be described this way: Jeffrey has worked in the realm of universal truth, and he has connected to the universal aspects of Christianity. By going to the interior of the Christian presence in the world, part of his purpose is bringing them to an appreciation of the universality of Christ and breaking all barriers of exclusivity.
He can bring this message into the hearts of those in his spiritual care through the emphasis and focus on the Christ and the transformation of Jesus [found] in the Christian origins. The forms of meditation that are understood in the Catholic tradition and the Eastern Orthodox tradition are not speaking to the group that Jeffrey will speak to. There will be some who will want to pull him into those arenas, but it is important that he stay true to the method and the practice that he is developing.
This is where it integrates with the work of Stelli: Jan 17, Lisa rated it it was ok. As a Christian who's very interested in Eastern meditation practices, I was really excited to discover this little book. Unfortunately, it was a major disappointment.
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It was mostly an overview of the different types of meditation and a lot of "couple meditations" which really are couple therapy exercises. The worst of it though was the horrific lack of editing. How a PhD professor from a major university could publish an unproofed book is absolutely beyond me, but it made reading it rather tortu As a Christian who's very interested in Eastern meditation practices, I was really excited to discover this little book.
How a PhD professor from a major university could publish an unproofed book is absolutely beyond me, but it made reading it rather torturous. Feb 09, Courtney Hatch rated it liked it Shelves: I really appreciated many of the meditation exercises outlined here. There is a lot of introductory information here that I feel could have been discussed more thoroughly.
I was hoping that Blackwell would have made more connections between some of these Eastern philosophies and Christian beliefs. Feb 09, Beth Smith rated it liked it. Some good ideas and guidance but there were a lot of areas where it was obvious there was no editor that looked at the manuscript before publication, making it difficult to understand in some sections.
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Aug 22, Monk rated it it was ok. A couple of good exercises, buried under way to much new-age nonsense. May 04, Kent White rated it really liked it Shelves: Lots of great ideas on how to make meditation more effective in my life.
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