"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly"
| Prayer Name: | Lectio Divina |
| Description: | Sacred reading as a way of prayer. |
| Instruction in use: | Read "Praying the Scriptures" |
| Useful Resources | "About Lectio Divina" and "Lectio Divina" |
| Finding connections & community: | Web-based discussion on Lectio - Tabula Lectionis Divinae |
| Prayer Name: | Centering Prayer, Prayer of the Heart, Christian Meditation |
| Description: | Focusing or "centering" using a prayer word or "mantra" |
| Instruction in use: | Centering Prayer How to Meditate |
| Useful Resources to further use: | Centered Living, the Way of Centering Prayer |
| Prayer Form | Bible Study |
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| Prayer Form: | Loving Kindness Metta meditation |
| Description: | The Pali word metta is a
multi-significant term meaning loving kindness, friendliness, goodwill,
benevolence, fellowship, amity, concord, inoffensiveness and
non-violence.
As a meditation practice it aims to cultivate, maintain, and radiate universal loving kindness. |
| Instruction in use: | Buddhist Words on Kindness |
| Useful Resources: | Loving kindness |
"Get so that you really know the breath, not just that you're simply aware of it."
| Form | Breath "work" |
| Description | the practice of centering the mind |
| Instruction in use: | Keeping
the breath in mind.
Extract: Method #2 |
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