Centering prayer Quote by Cynthia Bourgeault Download Open image ““RESIST no thought; RETAIN no thought; REACT to no thought; RETURN to the sacred word.”” — Cynthia Bourgeault ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Centering prayer
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“If you apply yourself to the task before you, following right reason seriously, vigorously, calmly, without allowing anything else to distract you, but keeping… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
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“To mourn is to touch directly the substance of divine compassion.” — Cynthia Bourgeault Copy Share Image
“Beginning in infancy (or even before) each of us, in response to perceived threats to our well-being, develops a false self: a set of… — Cynthia Bourgeault Copy Share Image
“Blessed are the ones who have become spiritually "domesticated"; the ones who have tamed the wild animal energy within them, the passions and compulsions… — Cynthia Bourgeault Copy Share Image
“Kingdom of Heaven is really a metaphor for a state of consciousness.” — Cynthia Bourgeault Copy Share Image
“All will come of its own accord in good time and with abundant fullness, so long as one does not attempt to hoard or… — Cynthia Bourgeault Copy Share Image
“When the field of vision has been unified, the inner being comes to rest, and that inner peaceableness flows into the outer world is… — Cynthia Bourgeault Copy Share Image
“Somewhere in those depths of silence I came upon my first experiences of God as a loving presence that was always near, and prayer… — Cynthia Bourgeault Copy Share Image
I've practiced centering prayer. I've contemplatively prayed. I've prayed liturgically... I've benefited from each, and I still do. In ways you'll see, elements of… — Larry Crabb Copy Share Image
“Centering Prayer is an opening, a response, a putting aside of all the debris that stands in the way of our being totally present… — Basil Pennington Copy Share Image
Other forms of relating to God that have unique value in connecting us to Him include contemplative prayer and centering prayer. — Larry Crabb Copy Share Image
This mystical stream [contemplative prayer] is the Western bridge to Far Eastern spirituality. — Tilden Edwards Copy Share Image
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