This book offers the practical details of entering into deep meditation, from ways of sitting to the classic position of hands. It draws from a variety of teachings, including ancient Christian, Buddhist and modern psychotherapy. The reader will also find here the presentation of the mystical side of Christianity as taught in the early centuries when union with the Divine was meant to be an experience, not merely a belief. The authors are also influenced by the great German master Karlfried Graf Durckheim, whose teaching combines years of study with Zen Buddhists in Japan, a personal friendship with Jung, and the wisdom of the mystic Meister Eckhart. For readers who wish to find their center and true inner peace, and for those who wish to rediscover the deeper contents of their religion, this is the book to read. The foreword is by well known author George Maloney.

The Beyond Within: Initiation into Meditation

Religion & Spirituality

Goettmann, Alphonse and Rachel

Worship & Devotion

Theosis Books

In this book, the authors present the fundamental practices of the Christian experience. They are backed by two thousand years of history and a sea of witnesses who, down through the ages, have journeyed on this path that has led them to the summits of wisdom and holiness. The difficulty in the presentation of these "methods" is their inevitable and artificial juxtaposition when they only find their internal and organic coherence in the living Tradition. This is a teaching in the form of a spiral, an "eating of the word" where, as in liturgical chants and the experiential method of Scripture, we become that which we "eat" continually, we "are" what we have just read rather than merely "knowing" it. Each chapter is a new approach to the unique Reality. Rather than addressing the intellect, it speaks to the heart.

Wisdom and Practices of the Ancient Faith (The Inner Meaning of the Teachings of Jesus)

Nottingham, Theodore J.

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The Beyond Within: Initiation into Meditation

Wisdom and Practices of the Ancient Faith (The Inner Meaning of the Teachings of Jesus)