This far-ranging book presents God, the Ultimate Mystery of non-created Reality, as Christ--the One Who loves us. Spirituality beyond language and in general; the inner mystical meaning of the Cross of Christ; differing Christian windows found in the stages of evolving consciousness identified by Integral Theory; and Centering Prayer's close relationship to all of this are core themes in this work. An important insight of Integral Theory reveals that when people are unaware of the stages of evolving consciousness, they tend to believe that the perspectives of their own stage(s) are the only true or realistic views--which is actually untrue and leads to needless confusion, conflict and misunderstandings among individuals in different stages of evolving consciousness.
Additionally: prayer; the allegorical sense of Scripture; Lectio Divina; grades of evolving love; duality/non-duality; and apophatic theology are also major topics discussed. The gift of non-conceptual contemplation, into which Centering Prayer leads us, is shown to be a key to Christian unity and harmony among all religious and spiritual traditions seeking to serve the One Who loves us. Non-conceptual Centering Prayer--as a movement into simplicity and silence--is readily available to people seeking a deeper spirituality in all denominations and in all stages of evolving consciousness.
C O N T E N T S
Foreword by Fr. Carl J. Arico Introduction
1. What is Spirituality? 2. Beyond Language 3. Through a Mystical Christian Window 4. Evolving Consciousness and Christian Windows, Part One: The Tribal, Warrior, and Traditional Stages 5. Evolving Consciousness and Christian Windows, Part Two: The Modern, Postmodern, and Integral Stages 6. Prayer is Relating to God 7. Three Grades of Love: Bronze, Silver, and Gold 8. Apophatic Theology: Duality and Non-Duality 9. Christian Unity and Harmony of Religions
Автор: Frey Kess, Frey Kessler Название: Human Ground, Spiritual Ground ISBN: 0983198454 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780983198451 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2759.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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A REFLECTION ON CENTERING PRAYER'S CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND
Inspired by Thomas Keating's conceptual background for Centering Prayer, this book begins by using the biblical story of Adam and Eve to describe four basic parameters that frame the universal human condition. These parameters or "Fruits of the Fall" are: death/change, sex/desire, good/evil choices and our existential aloneness/incompleteness apart from God. Within the framework of these parameters we experience our basic instinctual needs and their distortions into emotional programs for happiness--which happens when needs are wounded, unmet, or perceived as unmet.
Human Ground, Spiritual Ground identifies our basic inborn needs as security/survival/safety; sensation/pleasure; affection/esteem/approval; power/control; and intimacy/belonging. These needs pertain to both our human and spiritual growth. The book describes them in detail, giving examples of their healthy expressions as well as their pathological distortions into self-centered agendas for happiness that form the basis of the false-self system, the key to all of which is our inner motivation.
In addition to describing the primary obstacles to human spiritual growth, Human Ground, Spiritual Ground addresses how these unconscious obstacles are overcome through the daily practice of Centering Prayer and the divine action working in us and in our life. The ultimate fruit of this inner purification, healing and transformation process is the shifting of our inner center of identity from human ground into spiritual ground and our life in Christ--which is participation in the divine consciousness.
See also Kess Frey's more recent work for Portal Books, Centering Prayer and Rebirth in Christ on the Tree of Life: The Process of Inner Transformation (2013).
C O N T E N T S
Foreword by Fr. Carl J. Arico Preface Introduction
1. Our Lost Paradise 2. Fruits of the Fall 3. Hole in the Soul and Sex / Desire 4. Good / Evil in Human Ground 5. Our Basic Needs, Part One 6. Our Basic Needs, Part Two 7. Our Basic Needs, Part Three 8. False Self and Happiness Programs, Part One 9. False Self and Happiness Programs, Part Two 10. Intimacy / Belonging and Happiness Programs 11. Identity Quest and Cultural Conditioning 12. Cultural Conditioning and Identity Shift
Автор: Frey, Kess Название: Centering prayer and rebirth in christ on the tree of life ISBN: 1938685040 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781938685040 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2483.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This unique book draws on "the secret wisdom of Israel" (Qabalistic Tree of Life) to describe the soul's inner purification, healing and rebirth in Christ rooted deep in the mysterious process and inner silence of non-conceptual contemplative prayer. "Prayer in secret" (Matt. 6:6) is prayer in the unconscious. Using the Tree of Life as a map of universal creation and the individual soul (Macrocosm and microcosm), Centering Prayer and Rebirth in Christ offers a detailed and revealing look into the hidden workings of the Spirit in the soul's inner depths. When read slowly and thoughtfully, this book elevates the mind, offering what is, for most of us, a new vision of our evolving life in Christ and Christ in us.
The essence of Centering Prayer is consenting to God's presence and action in us and in our life. The work of the Spirit in us aims to bring us from the limitations and disappointments of our false self (over-identifi cation with the separate-self sense of ego and its ill-conceived desires) into the fulfillment of our true self as a spiritual being. As the false self's obstacles are removed by the divine action, which needs our willing consent and cooperation, our growing freedom to consent becomes cause for increasing peace and joy in the soul. This is a gift of divine love that brings us step by step into the fullness of our life in Christ--which is a continuing rebirth into the limitless light, life, and love of the divine consciousness.
The intended purpose of Centering Prayer's conceptual background is to support the actual practice of non-conceptual contemplative prayer and the wondrous process of inner spiritual unfolding that Centering Prayer facilitates.
See also Kess Frey's earlier work for Portal Books, Human Ground, Spiritual Ground: Paradise Lost and Found: A Reflection on Centering Prayer's Conceptual Background (2012).
C O N T E N T S
Foreword by Fr. Carl J. Arico Preface Introduction
PART ONE: THE TREE OF LIFE
1. Meeting the Tree 2. The Divine Image 3. The Supernal Triad 4. The Spiritual/Moral Triad 5. The Personality/Astral Triad 6. Malkuth/Kingdom and Daath/the Cloud
PART TWO: REBIRTH IN CHRIST
7. Our Divine Inheritance 8. Unconscious Personality Patterns 9. Personality Patterns on the Tree of Life 10. The inner Work of Centering Prayer 11. The Mystery of Daath/the Cloud 12. Rebirth in Christ
Epilogue
Автор: Frey, Kess Название: Will of divine love ISBN: 158420995X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781584209959 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3449.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An indepth look at the process of human spiritual evolution.
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