prayer-of-the-heart - Opening Our Awareness to God

Home Bibliography Acknowledgments About the Authors PRAYER The Divine Within Revealed by Grace Two Ways to the Divine Prayer of the Heart Silence, Stillness & Simplicity Lectio Divina Outcomes of Prayer of Heart Maintaining the Outcomes In the Words of Others SILENCE The Incessant Noise The Spirit Needs Silence Be Still and Get Perspective The Spiritual Path and Silence Way to Find Stillness From Stillness to Enhanced Life The Scriptures Speak SIMPLICITY Essence of Spiritual Practice Simplicity in a Nutshell Mindset Behind Simplicity Childlike Simplicity Freedom from Ego Tyranny Peace and Contentment Single-Mindedness of Simplicity Simplicity of Spiritual Maturity Dessert Fathers and Mothers MEDITATION The Prayer of the Heart How to Enter into Silence Discipline of Meditation Repeating Scripture in the Heart Alert Stillness Simplicity of Meditation Simplicity of Prayer of Heart Not Merely "Sitting Still" Silence in the Heart Quieting the Mind Peaceful Settings Floral Beauty Floral Majesty Peaceful Creatures Quiet Country Quiet Countryside Seaside Peacefulness Still Lake Sky Glory AWARENESS Meditation as Prayer Opening Our Awareness to God Becoming Aware of God's Presence A Closer Connection with God Stillness and Awareness of God Silence and Awareness of God Open to God's Presence Awareness of Divine Power Indwelling Presence of Christ ENCOUNTER Hearing the Voice of God Meeting God in Solitude Union with the Divine Encountering God In the Silence of the Night Listening to the Voice of Love How God Speaks Seeing Divinity in Daily Living Encountering God through Grace RESPONSE Guarding the Life of the Spirit Abandonment to God Ministry of Divine Silence Heartfelt Listening Hearing Within; Reaching Without Growing in Love CONTACT Privacy Policy Sitemap

OPENING OUR AWARENESS TO GOD

Silent meditation, without thoughts, totally open, awake, and aware, this is absolute prayer” (Lama Thubten Yeshe).

Contemplative prayer [meditation], rightly understood, is the normal development of grace. . . . It is the opening of mind and heart – our whole being – to God beyond thoughts, words, and emotions. Moved by God’s preeminent grace, we open our awareness to God whom we know by faith is within us, closer than breathing, closer than thinking, closer than choosing – closer than consciousness itself. Contemplative prayer is a process of interior transformation, a relationship initiated by God and leading, if we consent, to divine union (Thomas Keating).

Reference: Taken from Joel and Michelle Levey, Luminous Mind, 188-190.

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