Being Still

Being Still
Author: Jean-Yves Leloup
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2003
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780809141777

"Jean-Yves Leloup explores the writings of many spiritual masters from across the centuries, in particular the Desert Fathers, the fourth-century monk Evagrius, St. John Cassian, and the anonymous nineteenth-century author of The Way of the Pilgrim." "Drawn from the experience of the monasteries of Sinai and Mount Athos, here is a clear and practical presentation of the spiritual art of arts: stillness in the face of interior pain and confusion." "These spiritual riches, refined and developed by the Orthodox tradition in Christianity, can also be recognized in the teaching and practice of Buddhism, Hinduism and Islamic Sufism. The fundamental truth of one tradition is to be found under its own proper forms and nuances in others. Far from diminishing the unique value of this hesychastic way of prayer, the most developed spiritual traditions of humanity affirm it as one of the great forms through which humanity reaches out to embrace Infinite Reality."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Search for the Meaning of Life

Search for the Meaning of Life
Author: Willigis Jäger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Mysticism
ISBN: 9780764811074

This collection of gem-like reflections distills the most popular messages theauthor has delivered, along with responses from his hearers. He describes the basic routes by which people travel on their mystical quests, including controlled breathing, quiet sitting and reciting mantras--methods that lead to states of "non-thinking" that may produce lucid, even life-transforming insights.

Mystical Hope

Mystical Hope
Author: Cynthia Bourgeault
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2001
Genre: Hope
ISBN: 1561011932

In five interwoven meditations, Mystical Hope shows how to recognize 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.

The Sabbath Soul

The Sabbath Soul
Author:
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2012
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1580234593

Enrich your spiritual experience of Shabbat by exploring the writings of mystical masters of Hasidism. Drawing from some of the earliest teachings in the family of the Ba'al Shem Tov through late 19th-century Poland and the homilies of the Sefat 'Emet, Eitan Fishbane evokes the Sabbath experience, from candle lighting and donning white clothing to the Friday night Kiddush and the act of sacred eating.

The Eternal Guru Speaks

The Eternal Guru Speaks
Author: Dr Shardha Batra
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2015-12-10
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1482867710

The interface between the individual and what constitutes his world is formed by a nexus of cosmic forces of graded subtlety. Understanding these forces and energies opens up a whole field of tangibly realizable possibilities. The book attempts to ignite a spark that illuminates the fact that the spiritual goal cannot be attained by suppression or a denial of your desires and passions. That we need to rise above violent labelling of power, desire, and money as evil and identify the real evil within as a lack of awareness of the energy field and its role as a bridge between matter and spirit. The book borrows on the quotations of ancient and modern physicists, metaphysicists, sages, philosophers, and poets and blends their words with some personal reflections based on experience. The intent at all times being to share perspectives that embrace the spiritual potential in material and the material possibilities of the spiritual journey. The book celebrates the oneness of spirit and matter through these quotes, which have been compartmentalized into chapters that inform, educate, or gently hint at this oneness and harmony, which holds the disparate cosmic components together as a seamless whole.

Jewish Mysticism and the Spiritual Life

Jewish Mysticism and the Spiritual Life
Author: Lawrence Fine
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2011
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1580234348

In this thoughtful and lucid exploration of the Jewish mystical tradition, leading scholars and teachers come together to share their favorite texts-many available in English for the first time-and explore why these materials are meaningful and relevant to contemporary life.

Reflections

Reflections
Author: George L. Ellison
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2015-11-18
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 132968527X

THis George's third book of poetry will most certainly delight all readers as it truly does cover life and the living of it in many varies poetic forms...Within the books pages there are also many poems to honour all the fighting men in the world wars ... great poems of remembrance and of tribute...along with poetrythat is enjoyably light and entertaining...

The Darvishes

The Darvishes
Author: John Porter Brown
Publisher:
Total Pages: 528
Release: 1927
Genre: Dervishes
ISBN: