"First publishing 2006"-- Title page verso. Includes glossary.
Contents:
Prayer to the Holy Spirit -- Introduction -- Dimensions of contemplative prayer -- First steps in centering prayer -- The sacred word as symbol -- The Wanderings of the imagination -- the birth of spiritual attentiveness -- More subtle kinds of thoughts -- Unloading the unconscious -- An intensive centering prayer retreat -- Summary of the centering Prayer method -- A mediation -- What centering prayer is not -- An overview of contemplative prayer in Christin tradition -- Guidelines for Christian life, Growth, and transformation -- Practice that help to translate the effects of centering prayer into daily life -- The active prayer sentence -- The weekly support group -- The method of centering prayer -- Contemplative outreach -- Glossary of terms.
Summary:
"This is the 20th anniversary edition of Continuum's best-selling spiritual classic, which has sold over half a million in the English language and has appeared in 10 foreign-language editions (Croatian, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesia, Italian, Korean, Polish, and Portuguese). The new edition consists of a substantial new preface, an expanded glossary, some changes in terminology, and a reordering of several chapters."-- Goodreads.com.
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