Give Us This Day: The Story of PrayerSteinerBooks, 1999 - 256 من الصفحات Gandhi called prayer "the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening." But what is a prayer? Do you need to believe in God in order to pray? Why are the words important? What is the difference between prayer and meditation? Should you ask for things when you pray? Do prayers change the world around us? Rufus Goodwin--writer, linguist, and former United Press correspondent to the Vatican--addresses these and other questions about prayer in this thoughtful book. He examines the various traditions of prayer through the ages. He discusses practices, ranging from the ancient Indian yoga of sound to the Christian monastic rules of prayer, giving examples of the various religious litanies that ritualize and celebrate the sense of a higher life. Goodwin's intention is not to compare different traditions, but to get at the essential technique and the attitude of prayer--its cognitive workings. Prayer is seen as key to an active inner life and an experience of the higher self. He shows us how prayer can bring about a cognitive restructuring that provides greater access to renewal, imagination, inspiration, and intuition, and provides an anchor for meaning in daily life. |
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... perceive more of the qualities of indirection in everyday life . Therefore , it is unnecessary to know whether our prayers are being answered . Life itself begins to be the answer . As long as we approach prayer as though we were ...
... perceive that everything , up to the human being and the fabrications made by human beings are , in their very existence , acts of prayer , prayer in action . Look at the nat- ural world ; look at it through the eyes of the soul . Is ...
... perception . And it can change the root of perception - it can help us cognitively restructure . Changing per- ceptions is a way to change yourself and the world . Prayer is a way out of the present , reaching into the past of God's ...
... perception , and it may be a good beginning or refresher for persons interested in elic- iting the peace , power , and active inner life of prayer . Prayer and poetry came originally from the same place , and much early poetry was ...
... well as on our own perceptions . Prayer is , in this sense , an actual conver- sation with reality . But it also actually changes the reality with which it dialogues . This happens at least through the 26 THE VOCATIVE RELATION.
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The Wailing Wall Jewish Tradition | 42 |
Celtic Blessings | 49 |
Jesus at Prayer | 57 |
ACCESS TO PRAYER | 135 |
Seed Words for Sleepless Nights | 137 |
Stages or Meditation | 144 |
A First Prayer | 154 |
Mantras | 159 |
Western Mantras | 166 |
The Lords Prayer | 171 |
The Future or Prayer | 176 |
The Apostles Pray | 68 |
The Church Fathers | 75 |
Eastern Orthodox Tradition | 86 |
Prayer Rugs Islamic Tradition | 93 |
What Use Is Prayer? The Medievals | 104 |
The Dazzling Darkness | 113 |
Objections to Prayer | 123 |
APPENDIX | 185 |
B Medicine in Prayer | 197 |
GLOSSARY of prayer terms | 207 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 217 |
INDEX | 222 |