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An exploration in guided prayer and meditation. Non-Dual Awareness with Christian symbolism. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/methods/support
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The Kunjed Gyalpo is considered a fundamental tantra of Dzogchen, a teaching that according to tradition has been transmitted for over two thousand years from teacher to disciple.
Its aim is to awaken each individual to his or her true nature: the primordial state of enlightenment, which can be compared to a mirror on whose surface the multiplicity of the phenomena of existence is reflected. Introducing this knowledge is the teacher's task, while understanding it deeply and integrating it into one's existence is the disciple's task.
Only when this has been accomplished do the traditional texts becoming living words, precious pointers along the timeless journey towards that which you have not left even for a moment.
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The Narada Bhakti Sutras is a text attributed to the sage Narada, extolling the principle of Para-Bhakti - or Supreme Love. This love comprises both the base, the path, and the fruit, and so qualifies it as the spiritual path par excellence that takes us immediately to the goal by sheer divine grace.
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Guru Ramana Vachana Mala is a concise but powerful text that accurately summarizes the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi. It further clarifies areas of the teaching that may be a bit hazy for the seeker of wisdom by summarizing the essential Vedanta teachings.
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Along with Vicharasangraham (Self-Enquiry), Nan Yar (Who am I?) constitutes the first set of instructions in the Master Ramana Maharshi's own words. These two are the only prose pieces among Bhagavan’s Works. They clearly set forth the central teaching that the direct path to liberation is Self-enquiry.
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This hymn is comprised of eight stanzas in praise of the nature of the guru tattva, the principle of wisdom embodied in all of reality. This aspect sometimes comes to us in the physical form of the teacher but is in truth everywhere at once.
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This text by Adi Śankara makes vividly clear the idea of the distinction between oneself and one's body, mind, etc., which, when rightly comprehended under the benevolent guidance of a Teacher, a person of Knowledge, will perfectly convince one that one is not other than the Unlimited Bliss untouched by hunger and thirst, grief and delusion, old age, and death, the only real Existence, the Goal of all human beings to be realized in life.
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The Dṛg-Dṛśya-Viveka contains 46 verses performing an inquiry into the distinction between the "seer" (Dṛg) and the "seen" (Dṛśya), an overview of samadhi, centering on savikalpa and nirvikalpa, and the identity of Self and the Absolute.
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In this work attributed to Sri Adi Sankara, the characteristics of the person who has realized that they are Brahman are described. The aspirant for liberation is advised to meditate on these characteristics in order to attain the same state of recognition.
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The Dakshinamurti Stotra is a Sanskrit religious hymn to Shiva by Śri Adi Shankaracharya. It explains the metaphysics of the universe in the framework of Advaita Vedanta, by praising the incarnation of the supreme god of knowledge. Chanting or meditating on the meaning of these verses allows one to become established in the experience of Advaita.
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Six Verses to Vishnu from the appendices of Śri Adi Shankaracharya's Atma Bodha.
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The Vijñānabhairava Tantra is a compendium of spiritual prompts to enter a state of complete absorption in the Absolute, while yet remaining with the power of creativity and fecundity. If any text could be synonymous with Methods of Contemplation, it's this one.
In the text, the primordial Goddess Bhairavi asks Bhairava, who is none other than her very Self - how to untangle the myriad of paths and admonitions of the tantras.
He responds by giving pointed instructions to winnow away the extroversion of the mind: complex ones, simple ones, ones you might already do.
The point being -
Reality itself is the door to Reality.
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In the spiritual process of recognition, because what we recognize is none other than our very Self, we re-cognize what we already havealways known. We remember that we remember.A cosmic amnesia lifts, an obscuration is lifted, an ethereal fog drifts away, and there takes place a penetrating shift in our perception of ourselves and of the cosmos.This shift, which radically restructures our self-experience, is more than just memory, however. It is the immanent flowering of consciousness which blooms a fresh and liberating bouquet of fullness in which reality is seen as it truly is, and always has been.
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The Flight of the Garuda explores the essence of the Buddhist path of Dzogchen or the Great Perfection, revealing insights into the nature of mind, the illusory nature of existence, and the methods for transcending suffering.
The teachings are imbued with profound compassion and offer practical guidance for cultivating awareness, developing wisdom, and transforming one's perception of the world.
The text weaves together a rich tapestry of allegorical stories, metaphors, and teachings, all centered around the metaphor of the Garuda—a mythological bird known for its ability to soar fearlessly through the sky.
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The Song of the Goddess is a text dear to my heart.
Combining the piercing lucidity of Advaita Vedanta, with the Goddess centered devotion of the Śakta tantra traditions, the Devī Gita expounds on the nature of Brahman in a style reminiscent of the greater known Bhagavad Gita.
"The knot of the heart is itself untied when that Self is seen."
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Soundarya Lahari, or the Waves of Bliss is a poetic text of worship to the primordial Śakti or Goddess of the power of consciousness. Attributed to Adi Śankara, the towering giant of Advaita Vedanta, the text describes in vivid theological detail the nature of this supreme Goddess.
Contesting authorship aside, how could a proponent of uncompromising non-duality compose a devotional work like this? If reality is not-two, who is to be worshipped? And who is there to worship it?
This is only a question that can be answered from the perspective of the jivanmukta, the free while living. Before enlightenment, duality ensnares us in the mires of suffering.
But after liberation, duality conceived for the sake of love is even more sublime than non-duality.
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Another text of meditation, the Ribhu Gita is uncompromising in its repetition and its subtlety.
Forming the sixth section of the Siva Rahasyam, it is the instruction of Śiva in Mount Kailas to His devotee Ribhu.
In this chapter, the often overlooked and frequently misinterpreted epithet of Bliss or Ānanda is turned over and over, revealing its many-faceted nature like a gem dazzling in the light.
With each verse, the teaching becomes thinner and thinner, until it disappears completely.
Taking you with it.
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The Ashtavakra Gita is what is referred to as a nididhyāsana text in the tradition of Advaita Vedanta.
After hearing the truth from the mouth of a living teacher, and meditating on it by reading introductory texts and removing doubts, the seeker of liberation then rests in the experiential realization they have gained through continual and effortless meditation.
Texts like this one facilitate that meditation by providing prompts for sinking deeply into the ocean of contemplation that is our own self-knowledge.
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Atma Darshan, or the View of the Self is a lesser known text by the saint Śri Atmananda Krishnamenon.
Though his teachings long remained secret, he spoke very openly to anyone who desired to know their own self nature. A beacon of lucidity and subtlety, Krishnamenon weaves through the common doubts that we all have regarding who we truly are - pointing us to the freedom from seeking offered by the direct path of knowledge.
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Vivekachudamani, or the Crest Jewel of Discrimination, is what is referred to as a prakārana text. Meant to be a workbook for the diligent student of the yoga of Knowledge, it acts as a bridge between the guru and shishya.
This bridge is what enables the longing of the student for freedom and the devotion of the free to compassion to meet in the beautiful dance of being and becoming.
This dance itself leads to the end of all doubt.
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Aparokshanubhuti means the Direct Knowledge of the Self.
As opposed to paroksha, or indirect knowledge, aparoksha jñana is the self-revealing nature of the Self.
You know, the one you always and already have.
But through this riff on yogic practices, Adi Śankara (the attributed writer) leads us through the true meaning of the self-liberation of our nature - beyond cause and effect.
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The Yoga Vasishta is an epic text comprising of the discourse between the wise Vasishta (known as one of the first sages of Vedanta) and the prince Rama.
In this section, Vasishta instructs on the nature of the root of suffering as ignorance of the true nature of Reality. This ignorance itself is the cause of the appearance of the world as the source of our joy, and of our misery.
But when inattention is withdrawn from that which never arises, attention is held in that which has never subsided.
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It is said that if one could only study one Upanishad, it should be the Mandukya.
Even though it is the shortest of all, it contains the most concentrated essence of the Upanishads. If one truly hears, truly understands, and truly meditates on that which is contained in this one text - a fit student can be freed from suffering completely.
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The Upanishads comprise the knowledge portion of the Vedas, the oldest extant religious texts on earth. As such, they represent the richest distillation of the larger corpus.
The word Upanishad itself can be roughly approximated to mean "sitting near the truth" - evoking an image of listening to the oral transmission of teachings at the feet of a person of steady wisdom. And Isha is a term here used not liturgically, but philosophically: having a dual meaning of both Lord, and Self.
These texts are meant to rouse us from slumber and into the wakeful radiance of what's really going on here. To recognize "The Self in all beings, and all beings in the Self." and allowing sorrow itself to melt away.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods of Contemplation.
In the first turning of the wheel of Dharma, the Buddha lets us in on a secret:
Life, as most of us live it - sucks.
Or put more eloquently, the nature of existence is inextricably intertwined with suffering. Really, he's not telling us something we don't already know. But he does tell us how to get out of it.
And the first step, is to take refuge.
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"Flourishing as they do, each of them will return to it's root."
In this excerpt of the Tao Te Ching, the master poetically and succinctly gives us the concentrated essence of the Tao - fearlessness, compassion, peace, and the shaking off of death.
The Tao is a perfect handbook for daily prompts for contemplation, but like many ancient text is usually most effective when read under the guidance of a teacher in the tradition.
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A text lost and forgotten for over a thousand years, 'Thunder, Perfect Mind' was rediscovered in the early 20th century in the collection known as the Nag Hammadi Codices.
An unapologetic lance to the heart of dualism, Thunder speaks in the neuter and masculine. But overwhelmingly it speaks with the feminine voice to express the peak of non-dual wisdom, mirroring the deepest layers of the Rig Veda and the thundering speech of Vak.
Such a rarity makes this text a gem close to my heart.
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Plotinus is a figure much ignored outside the halls of academic philosophy, but was integral to the birth of non-dual wisdom in the West. In a western framework, he elucidates the core philosophy underlying Neoplatonism, a school that deeply informed early Christianity, and that has much in common with Paramadvaita.
In this passage, Plotinus perfectly threads together the beads of action, will, and knowledge into a telos for the direct intimacy of contemplation. He describes the essential unity of the perceptual triad of knower, knowing, and known - a realization that reflects consummate bliss.
In his words, "Everything is Contemplation."
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A Course in Miracles is a channeled text of non-dual wisdom that adopts the Christian lexicon to instruct all seekers of wisdom in the way of forgiveness.
In seeing every being as completely innocent, and thereby solidifying our own forgiveness.
For this lesson, the focus is concerning the ability of the Holy Spirit to reciprocate the small gift of our own self surrender to bestow on us healing, wholeness, forgiveness, and creativity.
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Often decried as a "heretical" Quietest, Marguerite Porete was a woman that dared to speak of her own direct intuitive experience of the Divine in a time when women were often held as incapable of genuine beatitude.
And beyond this - her beatific vision in many ways proved higher and subtler still than her male peers. For that she was sentenced to death by burning at the stake.
But her legacy lives on in these words that serve to guide us through the higher realms of spiritual pursuit, to the infinite wellspring of God itself.
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In this excerpt from the Philokalia, Saint Isaac the Solitary leads young ascetics through twenty seven texts discussing important points for those who have undertaken spiritual vows of the Christian life.In this passage, he describes the pitfalls of leaving the door of our heart (the intellect), unguarded. This holds even more true after we have received some spiritual consolation in the gifts of peace or joy.
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In Ira Progoff's translation of the fourteenth century Christian mystical classic "The Cloud of Unknowing" - the anonymous author leads us through the practice of contemplative prayer in a way unparalleled by other methods of the tradition.In this chapter, they speak to us of the subtle differences and divisions in the active and contemplative life, using the example of Mary and Martha.
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Teresa of Avila, in this reading brings us to the heights of the Christian spiritual endeavor according to the Spanish school of mysticism.
She describes in vivid experiential detail the difference between an intermittent and oscillatory perception of Grace, and the abiding and eternal marriage of the soul and God as lover and Beloved.
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In this reading, Bernard of Clairvaux takes us through to the heights of the 'fourth degree' of love.
A love that has no interest in acquiring or maintaining created things, but shooting up the spine like a rocket bound for the moon of nectar that is unconditional devotion.
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A veritable firehose of mystical theology, John Ruysbroeck spoke at a level much more subtle, intricate, and experiential than many. And in his writing we can see ripples of our own deepest truth.Although this is a short passage, it is worth listening through again and again. This repeated hearing, reflection, and meditation are what plunge us continually into the core of our being which is ever united with God.With no distinction whatsoever to be found.
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This is a contemplative reading of the Third Theophany of Moses, by Saint Gregory of Nyssa. As one of the first desert fathers of the Christian tradition, Gregory's words here give us a window into the view of Christ in its extra-temporal nature - reverberating through time as the eternal I Am.
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All creatures are words of God.
A meditative reading of Meister Eckhart's Sermon 5 from his selected German translations. Often touted as the Christian tradition's most non-dual teacher, Meister Eckhart stretches the bounds of traditional Christian theology and philosophy. His words serve as a wonderful aid to contemplative prayer.
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This method is a guided meditation on the nature of the non-dual. Non-Duality, or "A-dvaita" in Sanskrit, is the experiential realization of the oneness of the individual soul and the supreme Godhead. Literally meaning "not-two", advaita expresses the simplicity of Absolute Reality as awareness itself.
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This method is a non-dual guided visualization of the Divine Mother. Called by many names like Sophia, Shakti, Devī, Goddess, etc. - the Divine Feminine is typically expressed as the active or dynamic principle in spiritual ontology. In this meditation though, we take a specifically femininist lens in expressing the nature of the Absolute itself as Mother.
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This method is a relaxing non-dual visualization and meditation on the Universal and Cosmic nature of Christ. The encounter with and participation in the eternal being of the Divine is the breaking free of our small sense of self into the more expansive and loving awareness that is the Logos.
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"The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao". So says the primary text of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching. But to trace our way back to that eternal Tao, we can make use of the spoken word as a pointer. Much like a finger pointing to the moon, use this guided non-dual meditation to become present to the unceasing clarity of your essential nature.
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In this guided meditation, Barrett Self leads us from our traditional posture of doing, to a relaxing fall back into the center of our own being.
Barrett Self is a writer, cheesecake lover, and the face of 'e x h a l e', an online platform where he offers direct spiritual coaching for people of all backgrounds. In this conversation, Barrett and I discuss the importance of a heart based spirituality that incorporates the body as well as the mind. He gives some practical tips for anyone that wants to deepen their moment to moment experience of peace fulfillment.
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Barrett Self is a writer, cheesecake lover, and the face of 'e x h a l e', an online platform where he offers direct spiritual coaching for people of all backgrounds. In this conversation, Barrett and I discuss the importance of a heart based spirituality that incorporates the body as well as the mind. He gives some practical tips for anyone that wants to deepen their moment to moment experience of peace fulfillment.
Barrett's new book, "Directly Home: Refreshingly Simple Steps to Profound Peace" is available at the link below:
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An ordained gnostic bishop and a highly empowered adept of esoteric voudon, Craig Williams has moved beyond conservative views of Vedic studies – evolving a radically unique system of esoteric Hinduism and left hand tantra.
with over 25 years of academic and initiatic study in yoga, Ayurveda, tantra, jyotish, and Vedanta, Williams is the recipient of the prestigious “veda kovid”, “yogacharya”, and “yogayurvedaacharya” titles awarded by the American institute of Vedic studies and the Academy of traditional Ayurveda.
author of Cave of the Numinous: Tantric Physics Vol. i (Theion Publishing, 2014) and Entering the Desert: Pilgrimage to the Hinterland of the Soul (Anathema Publishing, 2017), along with numerous articles on health, martial arts, and authentic initiation in the kali yuga, Williams is a vocal proponent for the benefits of serious spiritual practice in the contemporary world.
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Dr. Kavitha Chinnaiyan is a Cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at Oakland University School of Medicine in MI. She has studied Advaita Vedanta at the Chinmaya Mission, the Direct Path with Greg Goode, Śrīvidyā with Śri Śivapremananda, and Non-dual Śaiva Tantra (also known as Kashmir Śaivisim) with Paul Muller-Ortega and Sally Kempton. Her workshops, courses and writings strive to bring these time-honored traditions to modern living in practical ways. She is the author of The Heart of Wellness, Shakti Rising , and Glorious Alchemy: Living the Lalitā Sahasranāma.
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Pitṛpakṣa is a 16–lunar day period in the fall when we pay homage to our ancestors. The purpose of this tradition is to not just appease generations of our ancestors in another realm, but also to free ourselves of kārmic bonds. Ordinarily, even when we are aware of this tradition, our focus isn't on the internal freedom from ancestral patterns that keep us bound. In this workshop, we will explore the role of this tradition and how it can be used to turn inward and to learn to discard deeply held beliefs and patterns that keep us from experiencing joy, freedom, and lightness. Dr. Kavitha Chinnaiyan is a Cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at Oakland University School of Medicine in MI. She has studied Advaita Vedanta at the Chinmaya Mission, the Direct Path with Greg Goode, Śrīvidyā with Śri Śivapremananda, and Non-dual Śaiva Tantra (also known as Kashmir Śaivisim) with Paul Muller-Ortega and Sally Kempton. Her workshops, courses and writings strive to bring these time-honored traditions to modern living in practical ways. She is the author of The Heart of Wellness, Shakti Rising , and Glorious Alchemy: Living the Lalitā Sahasranāma. You can learn more about Dr. Kavitha Chinnaiyan, the Śabda Institute and all of her books at her website: https://sabda.institute/.
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Today’s method is Self-Inquiry. Self-Inquiry, is a teaching popularized by Sri Ramana Maharshi, a Tamil saint from the early 20th century. Based on the ancient Vedic practice of Atma-vichara, self-inquiry is the quintessential practice for those on the path of knowledge, and is sometimes called the Maha or Great Yoga. Vicharasangraham and Nan Yar were the first printed set of instructions for the practice in Ramana’s own words. In them, he describes the direct path of Self-Realization or Liberation through the path of Jnana yoga.
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Colette Lafia, an author and spiritual director based in SanFrancisco leads us through a short meditation on the nature of Love as it relates to the spiritual path. Colette teaches on the nature of the heart with respect to the spiritual path, and the ways that it opens us up to receive by surrendering. Her books include The Divine Heart (May 2021), Seeking Surrender (2015) & Comfort & Joy (2008).
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In this episode of Being-With, I speak with Colette Lafia, an author and spiritual director based in SanFrancisco. Colette teaches on the nature of the heart with respect to the spiritual path, and the ways that it opens us up to receive by surrendering. Her books include The Divine Heart (May 2021), Seeking Surrender (2015) & Comfort & Joy (2008).
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In this episode Dr. Brian Russell (@yourprofessorforlife) leads us through his preferred method of contemplative prayer, Centering Prayer. This particular way of consenting to the divine action and presence is the topic of his upcoming book on the method of Centering Prayer: Sitting Quietly in God's Presence Can Change Your Life. He runs the Deep Dive Spirituality Podcast as well as a coaching practice. Find him here:
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In this episode of Being-With, I talk with Dr. Brian Russell (@yourprofessorforlife) about his upcoming book on the method of Centering Prayer: Sitting Quietly in God's Presence Can Change Your Life. He runs the Deep Dive Spirituality Podcast as well as a coaching practice. Find him here:
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Hello, and welcome to Methods of Contemplation, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
The Cloud of Unknowing is an anonymous 14th century work on the practice of contemplative prayer.
It has been a constant companion of Christian mystics through the ages, and outlines an incredibly powerful way of disposing ourselves to the gift of contemplation.
In this episode I'll be referencing the translation by Ira Progoff.
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In this method, Mark Gladman (Brother Frederick-James) leads us through his prayer of the rosary for those new to the practice.
Mark Gladman is a Benedictine monk teaching and practicing ancient forms of christian meditation, contemplation, mindfulness, and prayer for personal & community transformation. He is a teacher on Insight Timer, as well as a host on the podcast The Work of God, which is a podcast centered around praying the daily office. A spiritual wanderer and wonderer, his work helps people deconstruct and reconstruct God, faith, life, and reality while nurturing community through theopraxy, and justice through restoration.
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Mark Gladman is a Benedictine monk teaching and practicing ancient forms of christian meditation, contemplation, mindfulness, and prayer for personal & community transformation. He is a teacher on Insight Timer, as well as a host on the podcast The Work of God, which is a podcast centered around praying the daily office. A spiritual wanderer and wonderer, his work helps people deconstruct and reconstruct God, faith, life, and reality while nurturing community through theopraxy, and justice through restoration.
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Carl McColman is a contemplative writer, speaker, and podcast host of Encountering Silence. His recent books include: The Big Book of Christian Mysticism, Unteachable Lessons, and his new book - Eternal Heart. In this episode, Carl and I chat about the nature of the eternal heart, the gifts of the spirit that draw us to the Divine, and the mobius strip shape of the spiritual path itself.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
Today’s method is mantra.
In Buddhism, the word mantra means “mind protecting”. A mantra protects the mind by preventing it from going into its’ usual patterns, which often are not our desired or optimal conscious perspective. Mantra is a powerful spiritual practice for centering, and for letting go of strong emotions such as fear, anxiety and anger. The more you practice mantra the more it becomes a part of you. When you need it on the psychological level – for example when you feel afraid, using your witness, you notice the fear and replace the fear with your mantra. This will occur naturally once mantra becomes an established practice. Mantra is a daily reminder of the presence of the Divine within ourselves and all beings.
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In this episode of Being-With, I speak with Scott Odom. Scott is a retired police officer and practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism, Kambo, and Santo Daime. Scott has a unique talent for diving into the heart of the transformative aspect of spirituality, and in that sense is a true radical. In this conversation we discuss all sorts of things like the realities of mental health in policing, addiction, entheogens, and the awakening of the spiritual heart.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
This is our fourth season, Feel. In this season, we’ll attempt to showcase methods of prayer and meditation that facilitate feeling, embodiment, and direct perception of reality, beneath the web of our conditioned thought patterns.
Today’s exercise is a long format loving-kindness or metta meditation based on the expanding of our awareness and compassion towards other beings, and ourselves.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
This is our fourth season, Feel. In this season, we’ll attempt to showcase methods of prayer and meditation that facilitate feeling, embodiment, and direct perception of reality, beneath the web of our conditioned thought patterns.
Today’s exercise helps us to become more comfortable with difficult body sensations and stored trauma.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
This is our fourth season, Feel. In this season, we’ll attempt to showcase methods of prayer and meditation that facilitate feeling, embodiment, and direct perception of reality, beneath the web of our conditioned thought patterns.
Today’s exercise: Feel
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
This is our fourth season, Feel. In this season, we’ll attempt to showcase methods of prayer and meditation that facilitate feeling, embodiment, and direct perception of reality, beneath the web of our conditioned thought patterns.
Metta is the pali word for loving kindness, and its one of the four Brahmaviharas, or sublime states, and one of the ten piramis, or perfections in Theravada buddhism. This method is slightly different than a previous meditation, where we took on the suffering of other beings. In this one we will project happiness to them.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation. This is our fourth season, Feel. In this season, we’ll attempt to showcase methods of prayer and meditation that facilitate feeling, embodiment, and direct perception of reality, beneath the web of our conditioned thought patterns. Today’s exercise: Buddhist Tonglen goes a step beyond merely accepting the inevitability of unpleasantness. In some sense we master it, as we seek it out in others. Feel free to catch up with us on social media @methodspodcast, or if you'd like, you can support us on Patreon. linktr.ee/methodspodcast
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
This is our fourth season, Feel. In this season, we’ll attempt to showcase methods of prayer and meditation that facilitate feeling, embodiment, and direct perception of reality, beneath the web of our conditioned thought patterns.
This is a guided meditation designed to bring awareness to the body in preparation for sleep.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
This is our fourth season, Feel. In this season, we’ll attempt to showcase methods of prayer and meditation that facilitate feeling, embodiment, and direct perception of reality, beneath the web of our conditioned thought patterns.
This one is called The Five Rememberances.
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In this Method, I explore the connection between our mindful perception of sound, and our attachment to our conceptual framework that lays over our attachments and aversions. What if we were able to simply be still and receive our external environment on its own terms? Use this short meditation to free yourself from the tension you may feel in noisy environments.
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The apophatic tradition is rooted in the idea that there are ways that God is simply not knowable. We may know the "energeia" of God, but not God's essence, at least not with our conceptual mind. All the qualities that the Divine display go beyond the words we use and the thoughts we can think. Use this simple meditation to let go of your conceptual framework for Source.
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Emelda De Coteau is a loving wife, mama, creative, and believer seeking God anew in each moment. Although based in Baltimore, this daughter of a Honduran immigrant feels at home throughout the world.
She leads Pray with Our Feet (PWF), an online community lifting up the intersection of progressive Christian faith and social justice; she co-hosts the PWF podcast with her Mom, Trudy. Emelda also serves as founder of Women Creatives Chat, a community centering wellness and empowerment for women of all artistic disciplines through events (both online and live), workshops and mindful products and services. Her other creative work includes freelance writing / blogging about holistic wellness, and the intersection of progressive Christian faith and social justice.
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In this meditation, E from the Pray With Our Feet podcast leads us into silence and guides us into a commitment for a positive peace and justice.
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This is a short musing about the concept of thirst and attachment as it relates to religious traditions and spirituality. Let go or get dragged. A pretty harsh statement to say the least. But it is our craving, our thirst, our attachments or tanhā that lead to suffering. But there is an end to suffering. And one aspect of the means to that end is to let go. This can be likened in the Christian tradition to the kenosis of Christ; the emptying of oneself. When we do this, we slip below our superficial personality to be conformed into the image of the Son, or to recognize our Buddha nature. So it is really up to us. Will we cling to our suffering? Or will we let it go? Feel free to catch up with us on social media @methodspodcast, or if you'd like, you can support us on Patreon. linktr.ee/methodspodcast
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Listen as Jane Woods takes you through the method of Divine Alchemy, becoming a conduit for the presence and love of the divine within your unique incarnation.
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This is the background meditation track for the Methods Zen Koan series. Feel free to use it for your own meditation practice or as a quick aid to begin a period of centering.
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I recently had the privilege to speak with Jane Woods of Waking House about her perspective on a more embodied spirituality, the Divine feminine, and the process of theosis.
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A koan is a short story, or vignette that Zen Buddhists use during meditation to help them unravel greater truths about the world and about themselves. Zen masters from the Rinzai school have been testing their students with these stories, questions, or phrases for centuries. Let's explore some together. After hearing the koan, rest in your meditation posture and contemplate the koan, or follow your breath.
This will be our last koan of the series, we hope you enjoyed.
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A koan is a short story, or vignette that Zen Buddhists use during meditation to help them unravel greater truths about the world and about themselves. Zen masters from the Rinzai school have been testing their students with these stories, questions, or phrases for centuries. Let's explore some together. After hearing the koan, rest in your meditation posture and contemplate the koan, or follow your breath.
This one is called Zen Dialogue.
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A koan is a short story, or vignette that Zen Buddhists use during meditation to help them unravel greater truths about the world and about themselves. Zen masters from the Rinzai school have been testing their students with these stories, questions, or phrases for centuries. Let's explore some together. After hearing the koan, rest in your meditation posture and contemplate the koan, or follow your breath.
This one is called Treasure House.
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A koan is a short story, or vignette that Zen Buddhists use during meditation to help them unravel greater truths about the world and about themselves. Zen masters from the Rinzai school have been testing their students with these stories, questions, or phrases for centuries. Let's explore some together. After hearing the koan, rest in your meditation posture and contemplate the koan, or follow your breath.
This one is called The Stone Mind.
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A koan is a short story, or vignette that Zen Buddhists use during meditation to help them unravel greater truths about the world and about themselves. Zen masters from the Rinzai school have been testing their students with these stories, questions, or phrases for centuries. Let's explore some together. After hearing the koan, rest in your meditation posture and contemplate the koan, or follow your breath.
This one is called The Sound of One Hand.
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This is a short story, entitled "The Gift" by Nancy L. Dahberg. Listen and use the silence that follows as an invitation to explore what resonance the story might have to your own. What are you forgetting? What would it be like to remember? Feel free to catch up with us on social media @methodspodcast, or if you'd like, you can support us on Patreon. linktr.ee/methodspodcast
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A koan is a short story, or vignette that Zen Buddhists use during meditation to help them unravel greater truths about the world and about themselves. Zen masters from the Rinzai school have been testing their students with these stories, questions, or phrases for centuries. Let's explore some together. After hearing the koan, rest in your meditation posture and contemplate the koan, or follow your breath.
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A koan is a short story, or vignette that Zen Buddhists use during meditation to help them unravel greater truths about the world and about themselves. Zen masters from the Rinzai school have been testing their students with these stories, questions, or phrases for centuries. Let's explore some together. After hearing the koan, rest in your meditation posture and contemplate the koan, or follow your breath.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods – an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
Today’s focus is the the dark night of the soul.
There’s often a misconception about this phrase – the dark night of the soul. You may have heard it increasingly over the past few years, with the exodus of white evangelicals from the evangelical church, and the growth of the post-christian deconstruction culture. But much like deconstruction is used differently than the way Jaques Derrida popularized it, the colloquial meaning of the phrase “dark night of the soul has become foreign to its original use as well. In its common usage, it has come to mean something like a particularly difficult time in life, or is often used in conjunction with the loss or transformation of someone’s faith. But the original meaning of the term had a more mystical context.
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Light is the very basis of Vision, the topic of our current season of meditations. It is a persistent metaphor used in many different spiritual and religious contexts from East to West to convey liberation, understanding, and the elan vital of the universe. Whether it's the Damascus light of St. Paul, the "interior light" of Gregory the Great, the "illuminations of St. Ignatius, the Flowing Light of Mechthild, or the "Living Light" of Hildegaard, the recurring motif is branded on our historical and cultural consciousness in a way that it becomes impossible to ignore. But this light isn't simply the opposite of a polarized darkness, because it can be described as John Ruusbroec calls a "dark luminosity", or a transcendent dialectic that includes the apophatic elements of darkness and the cataphatic elements of light. In this method, we'll explore the ways this metaphor can be used in our practice to let the discursive analysis of our visual faculties gradually dissolve into a non-dual mode of perception, where seer, seeing, and seen are one.
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The idea behind this method is not too dissimilar from the structure found in the 14th century spiritual classic, the Cloud of Unknowing, but conceptually reversed. In “The Cloud of Unknowing”, the anonymous author tells the reader to “continually place a cloud of forgetting between yourself and the creatures or forms of the world, and a cloud of unknowing between you and God.” In short, they’re saying, “let go of all the concepts that tie you to form, and let go of the concepts that you think characterizes emptiness” So that all is left is a naked intent toward the Real.
In this method, we use the image of a body of water, with its restless wind and waves at the surface (representing thoughts, feelings, and emotions) and we continually sink down beneath them. As a body of water is tumultuous at the surface, often it is supremely still at the bottom.
To get an idea of the type of visual image I’m referring to, take a look at the episode cover for this meditation, which is an original piece of artwork called "Anxiety" done by a good friend, Mike Reynolds.
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In this episode, we explore the divine vision account from the Bhagavad Gita. After a long collection of extremely dense spiritual teachings, finally Arjuna asks his friend Krishna to see his ultimate form as the Lord of the Universe. Throughout the Bhagavad Gita (The Song of God), Krishna reveals to Arjuna, a warrior, the true meaning and purpose of his existence - to know and be united with Krishna. Although the battlefield is a backdrop, the true subject of the Gita is the war within, israel, the true jihad. As such the dialogue between Arjuna and Krishna is not so much an external one but an internal one concerning the supreme science, the brahmavidya which is the knowledge of self. It is a conversation between our egoic human personality always full of questions, and our deepest self, which is Divine.
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This is a look at the Divine vision account of Saint Julian of Norwich in her "Showings" or "Revelations of Divine Love. As she explains, these series of fifteen visions were received by her through bodily sight, spiritual sight, as well as words formed in her understanding. Julian composed both a short text, and a long text of the unpacking of her visions in no shorter than 86 chapters, exploring the graphic imagery of the crucifixion of her Lord and what she took from it over 15 years of examination. Julian's mystical message is rooted in the Pauline theology of sin, grace, and redemption in Jesus, especially the notion of the solidarity of humanity in Christ. But she goes beyond this often misunderstood perspective with her development of the concept of the Motherhood of Jesus. Perhaps her greatest insight from her visions into the nature of reality is that both the ultimate subject, object, and final cause are one and the same: love.
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This is a look at the account of Divine vision from Hildegard of Bingen. Hildegard was both a visionary as well as a theorist of visions, having a strong interest in both cosmology and eschatology. But she was also a poet, playwright, composer, artist, physician, and one of the most remarkable women in the history of Christianity. One of the deeply interesting things about her is that she focused not only on the content of her visions, but the mode, transmission, and effect they had upon her consciousness.
This visionary account is one from her old age, in which she describes the non-sensory experience of what she calls, "The Living Light" that has the effect of healing, equanimity, and abundance.
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George Fox was an English Dissenter, who was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. The son of a Leicestershire weaver, he lived in times of social upheaval and war. He rebelled against the religious and political authorities by proposing an unusual, uncompromising approach to the Christian faith. The Quakers have been a facet of the Church that has retained its contemplative and relational dimension, while emphasizing both tradition and experience, justice and mercy, action and contemplation. This non-dual tension of at times conflicting ideas may have its roots in what this groups founder, George Fox, experienced in his divine vision. He was very much influenced by Quietist mystics such as Madame Guyon and Miguel de Molinos, and placed emphasis on the supremacy of interior illumination, or inner light. Listen and try to get a sense of what he was feeling when he wrote these words, and maybe examine if you've felt that too.
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This is a look at the Vision of God as described by Saint Augustine. He describes several visions he received while in Milan in 386, and in Ostia in 388. These narratives owe much to Augustines reading of Plotinus, but they also reflect his own deepening awareness of God's action in his life and the action of grace as a model for the meaning of human existence. Augustine's message is that finding God is not a solipsistic affair, but is essentially ecclesiological, given to those that awaken within the united whole of creation.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
Today Clint Sabom of Contemplative Light leads us through a guided meditation based on Leo Tolstoy's book "The Kingdom of God is within you".
Clint Sabom is Creative Director of Contemplative Light and the writer of the book “Preparation For Great Light”. His areas of knowledge are Christian Mysticism, Advaita Vedanta, Buddhism, Shamanism, NLP, CBT, psychoanalytic models, brainspotting, Integral Theory, body therapy, sound healing, Reiki, and hypnosis.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
My name is Jory, and today we’re talking with Clint Sabom
Clint Sabom is Creative Director of Contemplative Light and the writer of the book “Preparation For Great Light”. His areas of knowledge are Christian Mysticism, Advaita Vedanta, Buddhism, Shamanism, NLP, CBT, psychoanalytic models, brainspotting, Integral Theory, body therapy, sound healing, Reiki, and hypnosis.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
Today Marijke leads us through a simple meditation on self-compassion, which I think is arguably the most difficult AND most essential compassion we can practice. Our practice of being compassionate toward ourselves naturally allows compassion to flow outward to others. Once we make the unconscious conscious, we no longer project our own self-hatred onto others.
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My name is Jory, and today we’re talking with Marijke.
A former banker and business executive, Marijke left this career path in search of a greater sense of authenticity & joy. Having begun mindfulness practice over 20 years ago – but keeping it in the background of her life - Marijke returned to mindfulness as she began her journey of discovering a life of greater well-being and purpose.
As she learned how modern neuroscience was beginning to interface with the traditions of mindfulness practice – explaining why mindfulness can be life changing for so many people - she became increasingly inspired to share these simple tools with others and is now studying mindfulness meditation in a teacher certification program led by Jack Kornfield & Tara Brach.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods.
This is the sixteenth episode of our third season: Vision.
In our last season, we explored the concept of a meditation anchor, and the simplest of these, the breath. An anchor is something, anything really, that we set as the primary focal point for our rational mind. Doing this helps us to build concentration, and gives us a bridge, or a stable place upon which to stand, above the shifting state of our thoughts. This time, we will explore a visual or conceptual anchor to place our focused attention on, allowing our “monkey mind” to entertain itself, while our deeper and truer self rests simply in presence.
There is something uniquely powerful about finding a slowly-changing scene to behold. It gives us an access point to the present moment, while also recognizing its transience, its continuous state of change, allowing us to let go, again and again, to be present with what is. This week, we will focus on a religious or spiritual icon. An icon is not an object of worship, but rather a sacrament or doorway into a devotional space with the Divine.There are many icons you can use, relevant to various faith traditions. For Christianity there is the Trinity of Andrei Rublev, for Buddhism, the Lotus flower, For Hinduism, the image of Krishna, for those not of any particular religious tradition, you can use whatever you feel a strong sense of devotion and meaning towards. Today, we will use the image of Sri Rama Krisnha. It will be the episode cover art, or you can do a google image search, if you don’t own the icon.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods.
This is the fourteenth episode of our third season: Vision.
In our last season, we explored the concept of a meditation anchor, and the simplest of these, the breath. An anchor is something, anything really, that we set as the primary focal point for our rational mind. Doing this helps us to build concentration, and gives us a bridge, or a stable place upon which to stand, above the shifting state of our thoughts. This time, we will explore a visual or conceptual anchor to place our focused attention on, allowing our “monkey mind” to entertain itself, while our deeper and truer self rests simply in presence.
This week, we will focus on a religious or spiritual icon. An icon is not an object of worship, but rather a sacrament or doorway into a devotional space with the Divine. There are many icons you can use, relevant to various faith traditions. For Christianity there is the Trinity of Andrei Rublev, for Hinduism, the image of Krishna, for those not of any particular religious tradition, you can use whatever you feel a strong sense of devotion and meaning towards. Today, we will use the image of the Trinity by Andrei Rublev. It will be the episode cover art, or you can do a google image search, if you don’t own the icon.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods.
This is the fifteenth episode of our third season: Vision.
In our last season, we explored the concept of a meditation anchor, and the simplest of these, the breath. An anchor is something, anything really, that we set as the primary focal point for our rational mind. Doing this helps us to build concentration, and gives us a bridge, or a stable place upon which to stand, above the shifting state of our thoughts. This time, we will explore a visual or conceptual anchor to place our focused attention on, allowing our “monkey mind” to entertain itself, while our deeper and truer self rests simply in presence.
There is something uniquely powerful about finding a slowly-changing scene to behold. It gives us an access point to the present moment, while also recognizing its transience, its continuous state of change, allowing us to let go, again and again, to be present with what is. This week, we will focus on a religious or spiritual icon. An icon is not an object of worship, but rather a sacrament or doorway into a devotional space with the Divine.There are many icons you can use, relevant to various faith traditions. For Christianity there is the Trinity of Andrei Rublev, for Buddhism, the Lotus flower, For Hinduism, the image of Krishna, for those not of any particular religious tradition, you can use whatever you feel a strong sense of devotion and meaning towards. Today, we will use the image of the Buddha. It will be the episode cover art, or you can do a google image search, if you don’t own the icon.
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Marc Shaw is a student of the Christian mystics for over twenty years, a writer and teacher focusing on the contemplative teachings and practices to help people grow toward greater awareness of their true self. He went to Seattle Pacific University, where he majored in Psychology and Literature. Marc is a graduate of Fuller Seminary with a Masters in Theology and the Arts, a member of Spiritual Directors International, a member of the Ignatian Spirituality Project, a presenter-in-training with Contemplative Outreach, and a co-founder of Contemplative Light, a community of interfaith teachers and writers providing contemplative resources for growth and healing.
Today, Marc leads us through his preferred prayer method, Centering Prayer.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
My name is Jory, and today we’re talking with Marc Shaw
Marc Shaw is a student of the Christian mystics for over twenty years, a writer and teacher focusing on the contemplative teachings and practices to help people grow toward greater awareness of their true self. He went to Seattle Pacific University, where he majored in Psychology and Literature. Marc is a graduate of Fuller Seminary with a Masters in Theology and the Arts, a member of Spiritual Directors International, a member of the Ignatian Spirituality Project, a presenter-in-training with Contemplative Outreach, and a co-founder of Contemplative Light, a community of interfaith teachers and writers providing contemplative resources for growth and healing.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods.
This is the thirteenth episode of our third season: Vision.
What would happen if we changed our perspective, from one dominated by scarcity and competition, to a worldview based on abundance and cooperation? What if we viewed everything we had as enough?
This passage is from the Gospel of John, chapter six.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
Today, Dr. Alexander John Shaia leads us through a meditation on the Gospel of Matthew. In his work, Alexander regards Matthew's Gospel as indicative of how we face change. What do we do with our fears, our doubts, our questions? How do we answer the call to move out from our comfort zone into something new?
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
These short segments, are going to consist of a conversation, followed by our guest leading us through their preferred method of prayer, meditation, or other form of practice.
Today we talk with Alexander John Shaia. Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, Alexander grew up as part of a large extended family that had emigrated from Lebanon a generation previously. He grew up with the ancient traditions of Maronite Catholicism and was expected to become a priest, a family tradition since the year 1300. Alexander was led otherwise.
He attended the University of Notre Dame and received a degree in Cultural Anthropology, a Master's in Counseling Education and Religious Education, a graduate certificate in Pastoral Psychotherapy, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. His training includes time in Switzerland with Jungian analyst, and founder of Sandplay Psychotherapy, Dora M. Kalff.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods.
This is the twelfth episode of our third season: Vision. This passage is from the Gospel of John, chapter four.
Imaginative prayer, also known as Ignatian Contemplation is the name given to prayer which helps us enter more fully into the passage of Scripture we are reading, by using our ability to form pictures or inner impressions in our minds. We live in a rational, left brain world where information and analysis is the highest priority. But as humans, our soul is still captivated by experience. Jesus called on people’s imagination all the time. He was constantly telling stories and painting word pictures. He asked people to imagine the kingdom of God as a mustard seed, as yeast, as treasure hidden in a field. Through imaginative prayer we step into a gospel story and imagine ourselves to be there in that scene. Rather than reading the Bible abstractly, we enter the story to more deeply experience and encounter Jesus in the scene. In doing so we remain true to the Biblical reading, but more actively experience it. We might be a disciple in the boat with Jesus, one of the crowd at the feeding of the five thousand, or the woman at the well asked by Jesus to draw up water for him. It’s important that as you hear the story you try to feel what it’s like to actually be inside that story. Listen, taste, smell, feel, and watch what happens. What can you see around you? What are Jesus’ facial expressions? What are you feeling?
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Hello, and welcome to Methods.
This is the eleventh episode of our third season: Vision.
Today, we’ll walk with our Guru. You can decide to walk with whomever you choose, be it Jesus, Krishna, the Buddha, or maybe just Spirit.
As modern people, when we think of an event, we typically try to classify it as either historical, or mythological; objective, or subjective; real or imaginary.
Did it really happen that way? Or is it just a story?
Maybe this works for some things, but not so much for others.
Franciscan Priest Richard Rohr says that the literal is the lowest form of truth, because it is only true at one moment in time and place, from one perspective.
But the mystical, or the mythological, is true because it is always true.
Did it happen in our heads, or did it really happen?
Maybe the answer is yes.
This is a helpful way to enter into Imaginative prayer or visualization. Maybe it’s where our minds meet with something deeper within us.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
This is a visualization meditation on the spiritual quality of joy led by Kevin Johnson.
Being willing to rest, to stop seeking is a simple process but it is not necessarily easy. And our culture and the popular mindset can often misguide us. How to simply learn to trust and be open to a deepening silence? How to stay focused when one's mind seems to be caught in spinning unhelpful stories and your mind acts like an echo chamber?
There are an infinite number of ways and there aren't any one-size fits all templates. We each have to find our own way. But if one is a beginner, or one wishes to have a set practice they can use to help in times when it is tough sitting in patient waiting, a common practice of imaginative visualization based on our memory can help.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
This is a meditation on our internal stories, brought to you by Kevin Johnson.
Being willing to rest, to stop seeking is a simple process but it is not necessarily easy. And our culture and the popular mindset can often misguide us. How to simply learn to trust and be open to a deepening silence? How to stay focused when one's mind seems to be caught in spinning unhelpful stories and your mind acts like an echo chamber?
There are an infinite number of ways and there aren't any one-size fits all templates. We each have to find our own way. But if one is a beginner, or one wishes to have a set practice they can use to help in times when it is tough sitting in patient waiting, a common practice of imaginative visualization based on our memory can help.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
This is an introduction to a series of meditations led by Kevin Johnson.
Being willing to rest, to stop seeking is a simple process but it is not necessarily easy. And our culture and the popular mindset can often misguide us. How to simply learn to trust and be open to a deepening silence? How to stay focused when one's mind seems to be caught in spinning unhelpful stories and your mind acts like an echo chamber?
There are an infinite number of ways and there aren't any one-size fits all templates. We each have to find our own way. But if one is a beginner, or one wishes to have a set practice they can use to help in times when it is tough sitting in patient waiting, a common practice of imaginative visualization based on our memory can help.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
This is the second of a two part conversation with Kevin Johnson.
Kevin is a co-host for the Encountering Silence Podcast, and he studied Comparative Theology at Boston College with a specific focus on Buddhist-Christian interactions. He is an adjunct professor at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT while writing his dissertation for Boston College exploring the relationship between apophatic and cataphatic theology in Nicholas of Cusa. He is founder and President of The Inner Room, a non-profit Roman Catholic lay organization that supports and engages in deepened prayer, stronger theological education and compassionate social action. The focus of his work is the recovery of Silence as a way of deeply engaging the world, fostering holistic wellness, and cultivating wisdom.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
These short segments, are going to consist of a conversation, followed by our guest leading us through their preferred method of prayer, meditation, or other form of practice.
Today we talk with Kevin Johnson. Kevin is a co-host for the Encountering Silence Podcast, and he studied Comparative Theology at Boston College with a specific focus on Buddhist-Christian interactions. He is an adjunct professor at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT while writing his dissertation for Boston College exploring the relationship between apophatic and cataphatic theology in Nicholas of Cusa. He is founder and President of The Inner Room, a non-profit Roman Catholic lay organization that supports and engages in deepened prayer, stronger theological education and compassionate social action. The focus of his work is the recovery of Silence as a way of deeply engaging the world, fostering holistic wellness, and cultivating wisdom.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods.
This is the tenth episode of our third season: Vision. This passage is from the Gospel of Luke, chapter twenty-two.
Imaginative prayer, also known as Ignatian Contemplation is the name given to prayer which helps us enter more fully into the passage of Scripture we are reading, by using our ability to form pictures or inner impressions in our minds. We live in a rational, left brain world where information and analysis is the highest priority. But as humans, our soul is still captivated by experience. Jesus called on people’s imagination all the time. He was constantly telling stories and painting word pictures. He asked people to imagine the kingdom of God as a mustard seed, as yeast, as treasure hidden in a field. Through imaginative prayer we step into a gospel story and imagine ourselves to be there in that scene. Rather than reading the Bible abstractly, we enter the story to more deeply experience and encounter Jesus in the scene. In doing so we remain true to the Biblical reading, but more actively experience it.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
Today we’re talking with Thomas Jay Oord.
Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. Oord is a best-selling and award-winning author, having written or edited more than twenty-five books. A twelve-time Faculty Award-winning professor, Oord teaches at institutions around the globe. He is the director of the Center for Open and Relational Theology. Oord is known for his contributions to research on love, open and relational theology, science and religion, and the implications of freedom and relationships for transformation.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods.
This is the ninth episode of our third season: Vision. Today we'll explore ignatian contemplation on a passage from scripture, the Gospel of John, chapter six.
Imaginative prayer, also known as Ignatian Contemplation is the name given to prayer which helps us enter more fully into the passage of Scripture we are reading, by using our ability to form pictures or inner impressions in our minds. We live in a rational, left brain world where information and analysis is the highest priority. But as humans, our soul is still captivated by experience. Jesus called on people’s imagination all the time. He was constantly telling stories and painting word pictures. He asked people to imagine the kingdom of God as a mustard seed, as yeast, as treasure hidden in a field. Through imaginative prayer we step into a gospel story and imagine ourselves to be there in that scene. Rather than reading the Bible abstractly, we enter the story to more deeply experience and encounter Jesus in the scene. In doing so we remain true to the Biblical reading, but more actively experience it. We might be a disciple in the boat with Jesus, one of the crowd at the feeding of the five thousand, or the woman at the well asked by Jesus to draw up water for him. It’s important that as you hear the story you try to feel what it’s like to actually be inside that story. Listen, taste, smell, feel, and watch what happens.
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This episode is a guided visualization by Cassidy Hall. She leads us through a meditation based around the idea of descending down a staircase into our innermost being and exploring the interior landscape through symbolic images. Most of the work we do as human beings is abstract and external, so much so that we often are estranged from our own self, and therefore everything else. This meditation can help us to reacquaint ourselves with our innermost being.
Cassidy Hall is an author, filmmaker, podcaster, student, and trained counselor. She works as a Teaching Assistant at Christian Theological Seminary where she is studying for her MDiv and MTS degrees. She also serves as Student Pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ where she has begun the ordination process. Since 2017, Cassidy has served as the secretary of the International Thomas Merton Society. In 2012, while working as a counselor and reading Thomas Merton’s New Seeds of Contemplation, Cassidy made a pilgrimage to all seventeen Trappist/Cistercian Monasteries of the United States. While there, she wrote, interviewed monks and nuns, and photographed her entire experience within these seventeen spaces. Her personal quest for silence was written about in this Des Moines Register feature article by Mike Kilen. Born and raised in Iowa, Cassidy moved to Los Angeles in 2013 to work on the production team of the documentary feature film In Pursuit of Silence. The film’s success on the festival circuit and beyond led to its worldwide theatrical release. Her directorial debut short-film, Day of a Stranger, paints an intimate portrait of Thomas Merton’s hermitage years and is anticipated for release in the summer of 2020).
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Cassidy Hall is an author, filmmaker, podcaster, student, and trained counselor. She works as a Teaching Assistant at Christian Theological Seminary where she is studying for her MDiv and MTS degrees. She also serves as Student Pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ where she has begun the ordination process. Since 2017, Cassidy has served as the secretary of the International Thomas Merton Society. In 2012, while working as a counselor and reading Thomas Merton’s New Seeds of Contemplation, Cassidy made a pilgrimage to all seventeen Trappist/Cistercian Monasteries of the United States. While there, she wrote, interviewed monks and nuns, and photographed her entire experience within these seventeen spaces. Her personal quest for silence was written about in this Des Moines Register feature article by Mike Kilen. Born and raised in Iowa, Cassidy moved to Los Angeles in 2013 to work on the production team of the documentary feature film In Pursuit of Silence. The film’s success on the festival circuit and beyond led to its worldwide theatrical release. Her directorial debut short-film, Day of a Stranger, paints an intimate portrait of Thomas Merton’s hermitage years and is anticipated for release in the summer of 2020).
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This is the eighth episode of our third season: Vision.
In our last season, we explored the concept of a meditation anchor, and the simplest of these, the breath. An anchor is something, anything really, that we set as the primary focal point for our rational mind. Doing this helps us to build concentration, and gives us a bridge, or a stable place upon which to stand, above the shifting state of our thoughts. This time, we will explore a visual or conceptual anchor to place our focused attention on, allowing our “monkey mind” to entertain itself, while our deeper and truer self rests simply in presence.
There is something uniquely powerful about finding a slowly-changing scene to behold. It gives us an access point to the present moment, while also recognizing its transience, its continuous state of change, allowing us to let go, again and again, to be present with what is. This week, we will focus on a wave. If you live in a place that doesn’t have access to the beach or the ocean, this method can also be done using your imaginative faculties.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods.
This is our third season: Vision. Today we'll explore ignatian contemplation on a passage from scripture, the Gospel of John, chapter five.
Imaginative prayer, also known as Ignatian Contemplation is the name given to prayer which helps us enter more fully into the passage of Scripture we are reading, by using our ability to form pictures or inner impressions in our minds. We live in a rational, left brain world where information and analysis is the highest priority. But as humans, our soul is still captivated by experience. Jesus called on people’s imagination all the time. He was constantly telling stories and painting word pictures. He asked people to imagine the kingdom of God as a mustard seed, as yeast, as treasure hidden in a field. Through imaginative prayer we step into a gospel story and imagine ourselves to be there in that scene. Rather than reading the Bible abstractly, we enter the story to more deeply experience and encounter Jesus in the scene. In doing so we remain true to the Biblical reading, but more actively experience it. We might be a disciple in the boat with Jesus, one of the crowd at the feeding of the five thousand, or the woman at the well asked by Jesus to draw up water for him. It’s important that as you hear the story you try to feel what it’s like to actually be inside that story. Listen, taste, smell, feel, and watch what happens.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
Today Keith Kristich leads us through a Self-Emptying meditation which also focuses on the three intelligence centers of the head, heart, and body. Keith is a centering prayer group facilitator, Enneagram expert, and life coach. A graduate of the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation in Washington D.C., Keith is well versed in contemplative spiritual paths, as well as with non-religious community groups.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
Today we talk with Keith Kristich. Keithis a centering prayer group facilitator, Enneagram expert, and life coach. A graduate of the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation in Washington D.C., Keith is well versed in contemplative spiritual paths, as well as with non-religious community groups.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods.
This is the sixth episode of our third season: Vision.
In our last season, we explored the concept of a meditation anchor, and the simplest of these, the breath. An anchor is something, anything really, that we set as the primary focal point for our rational mind. Doing this helps us to build concentration, and gives us a bridge, or a stable place upon which to stand, above the shifting state of our thoughts. This time, we will explore a visual or conceptual anchor to place our focused attention on, allowing our “monkey mind” to entertain itself, while our deeper and truer self rests simply in presence.
There is something uniquely powerful about finding a slowly-changing scene to behold. It gives us an access point to the present moment, while also recognizing its transience, its continuous state of change, allowing us to let go, again and again, to be present with what is. This week, we will focus on a river, and what we can surrender to it.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
Today we’re talking with Mary Jane Miller.
Mary Jane Miller has painted icons for more than twenty five years. Her hope as a female iconographer is to create images where people might come closer to God. Painting modern catholic icons, and designing new byzantine style images, Mary Jane pushes the edge of tradition with respect and grace through her beautiful icons, and can further inform us how vision can play a role in our spiritual life.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods.
This is the fifth episode of our third season: Vision. Today we'll explore ignatian contemplation on a passage from scripture, the Gospel of John, chapter four.
Imaginative prayer, also known as Ignatian Contemplation is the name given to prayer which helps us enter more fully into the passage of Scripture we are reading, by using our ability to form pictures or inner impressions in our minds. We live in a rational, left brain world where information and analysis is the highest priority. But as humans, our soul is still captivated by experience. Jesus called on people’s imagination all the time. He was constantly telling stories and painting word pictures. He asked people to imagine the kingdom of God as a mustard seed, as yeast, as treasure hidden in a field. Through imaginative prayer we step into a gospel story and imagine ourselves to be there in that scene. Rather than reading the Bible abstractly, we enter the story to more deeply experience and encounter Jesus in the scene. In doing so we remain true to the Biblical reading, but more actively experience it. We might be a disciple in the boat with Jesus, one of the crowd at the feeding of the five thousand, or the woman at the well asked by Jesus to draw up water for him. It’s important that as you hear the story you try to feel what it’s like to actually be inside that story. Listen, taste, smell, feel, and watch what happens.
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Carl is a contemplative writer, speaker, teacher, soul friend, and storyteller. He is a co-host for the podcast Encountering Silence, of which I am a dedicated listener. He is also the author of numerous books, including The Big Book of Christian Mysticism, Answering the Contemplative Call, An Invitation to Celtic Wisdom and Unteachable Lessons.
Today Carl McColman of the Encountering Silence podcast, leads us through an iteration of receptive meditation called Centering Prayer.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
This episode is part of our Being-With series, a subtle nod to the philosopher Martin Heidegger and his term referencing the Mitsein aspect of being. That the very nature of humanity is to be in relationship to others. We are inauthentic when we fail to recognize how much and in what ways how we think of ourselves and how we habitually behave is influenced by our social surroundings. We are authentic when we pay attention to that influence and decide for ourselves whether to go along with it or not.
Today we’re talking with Carl McColman.
Carlis a contemplative writer, speaker, teacher, soul friend, and storyteller. He is a co-host for the podcast Encountering Silence, of which I am a dedicated listener. He is also the author of numerous books, including The Big Book of Christian Mysticism, Answering the Contemplative Call, An Invitation to Celtic Wisdom and Unteachable Lessons. Link to purchase below:
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Hello, and welcome to Methods.
This is the fourth episode of our third season: Vision.
In our last season, we explored the concept of a meditation anchor, and the simplest of these, the breath. An anchor is something, anything really, that we set as the primary focal point for our rational mind. Doing this helps us to build concentration, and gives us a bridge, or a stable place upon which to stand, above the shifting state of our thoughts. This time, we will explore a visual or conceptual anchor to place our focused attention on, allowing our “monkey mind” to entertain itself, while our deeper and truer self rests simply in presence.
There is something uniquely powerful about finding a slowly-changing scene to behold. It gives us an access point to the present moment, while also recognizing its transience, its continuous state of change, allowing us to let go, again and again, to be present with what is. This week, we will focus on a cloud.
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Fran is Pastor of Worship and Liturgy at Peace of Christ Church in Round Rock, TX. She's also a liturgist, musician, songwriter and mom. Fran crafts beautiful litanies to be used in a congregational setting on any topic you can imagine, including ones she commissions. Today she leads us through a powerful and historical method of prayer used by a long line of saints in the Christian tradition, called Lectio Divina, or Holy Reading. In Lectio Divina, the words of scripture are encountered with an inner stillness that draws us toward contemplation. We don't simply stop at the words, but go through them like a doorway.
Fran's new book, “Call and Response: Litanies for Congregational Prayer” is available now on Amazon. Link to purchase below:
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
This episode is part of our Being-With series, a subtle nod to the philosopher Martin Heidegger and his term referencing the Mitsein aspect of being. That the very nature of humanity is to be in relationship to others. We are inauthentic when we fail to recognize how much and in what ways how we think of ourselves and how we habitually behave is influenced by our social surroundings. We are authentic when we pay attention to that influence and decide for ourselves whether to go along with it or not.
Today we’re talking with Fran Pratt.
Fran is Pastor of Worship and Liturgy at Peace of Christ Church in Round Rock, TX. She's also a liturgist, musician, songwriter and mom. Fran crafts beautiful litanies to be used in a congregational setting on any topic you can imagine, including ones she commissions. Her new book, “Call and Response: Litanies for Congregational Prayer” is available now on Amazon. Link to purchase below: https://www.amazon.com/Call-Response-Litanies-Congregational-Prayer/dp/0578213869/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=fran+pratt+litanies&qid=1581908428&sr=8-1
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Hello, and welcome to Methods.
This is the third episode of our third season: Vision. Today we'll explore ignatian contemplation on a passage from scripture, Exodus chapter three.
Imaginative prayer, also known as Ignatian Contemplation is the name given to prayer which helps us enter more fully into the passage of Scripture we are reading, by using our ability to form pictures or inner impressions in our minds. We live in a rational, left brain world where information and analysis is the highest priority. But as humans, our soul is still captivated by experience. Jesus called on people’s imagination all the time. He was constantly telling stories and painting word pictures. He asked people to imagine the kingdom of God as a mustard seed, as yeast, as treasure hidden in a field. Through imaginative prayer we step into a gospel story and imagine ourselves to be there in that scene. Rather than reading the Bible abstractly, we enter the story to more deeply experience and encounter Jesus in the scene. In doing so we remain true to the Biblical reading, but more actively experience it. We might be a disciple in the boat with Jesus, one of the crowd at the feeding of the five thousand, or the woman at the well asked by Jesus to draw up water for him. It’s important that as you hear the story you try to feel what it’s like to actually be inside that story. Listen, taste, smell, feel, and watch what happens.
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Acharya is a respected teacher of Vedic and yogic philosophy, meditation and kirtan, and a practitioner of the transcendental science of Bhakti Yoga, the process by which a person can come to know and love the Supreme Person. Acharya Das has taught yoga wisdom to appreciative audiences for over 40 years. He has an uncommonly deep understanding of yoga philosophy and practice and conveys that message in a clear and simple way.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
This episode is part of our Being-With series, a subtle nod to the philosopher Martin Heidegger and his term referencing the Mitsein aspect of being. That the very nature of humanity is to be in relationship to others. We are inauthentic when we fail to recognize how much and in what ways how we think of ourselves and how we habitually behave is influenced by our social surroundings. We are authentic when we pay attention to that influence and decide for ourselves whether to go along with it or not.
Today we talk with Acharya Das. Acharya is a respected teacher of Vedic and yogic philosophy, meditation and kirtan, and a practitioner of the transcendental science of Bhakti Yoga, the process by which a person can come to know and love the Supreme Person. Acharya Das has taught yoga wisdom to appreciative audiences for over 40 years. He has an uncommonly deep understanding of yoga philosophy and practice and conveys that message in a clear and simple way.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods.
This is the second episode of our third season: Vision.
In our last season, we explored the concept of a meditation anchor, and the simplest of these, the breath. An anchor is something, anything really, that we set as the primary focal point for our rational mind. Doing this helps us to build concentration, and gives us a bridge, or a stable place upon which to stand, above the shifting state of our thoughts. This time, we will explore a visual or conceptual anchor to place our focused attention on, allowing our “monkey mind” to entertain itself, while our deeper and truer self rests simply in presence.
There is something uniquely powerful about finding a slowly-changing scene to behold. It gives us an access point to the present moment, while also recognizing its transience, its continuous state of change, allowing us to let go, again and again, to be present with what is. This week, we will focus on a candle flame, which has been a common method of contemplative prayer for many throughout history, including recently, Father Richard Rohr.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
Today Amos Smith leads us through the theory and practice of Centering Prayer as popularized by the late Father Thomas Keating.
Amos E. Smith has earned bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees—all in religious studies. He is a long-term centering prayer practitioner, workshop leader, writer, and founder of Recover Christianity’s Mystic Roots. His most recent book, His first book, Healing The Divide: Recovering Christianity’s Mystic Roots is part of the curriculum for the Living School of The Center for Action and Contemplation. Amos and his organization work toward slowly transforming consciousness through the Christian contemplative tradition.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
This episode is part of our Being-With series, a subtle nod to the philosopher Martin Heidegger and his term referencing the Mitsein aspect of being. That the very nature of humanity is to be in relationship to others. We are inauthentic when we fail to recognize how much and in what ways how we think of ourselves and how we habitually behave is influenced by our social surroundings. We are authentic when we pay attention to that influence and decide for ourselves whether to go along with it or not.
Today we’re talking with Amos Smith.
Amos E. Smith has earned bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees—all in religious studies. He is a long-term centering prayer practitioner, workshop leader, writer, and founder of Recover Christianity’s Mystic Roots. His most recent book, His first book, Healing The Divide: Recovering Christianity’s Mystic Roots is part of the curriculum for the Living School of The Center for Action and Contemplation. Amos and his organization work toward slowly transforming consciousness through the Christian contemplative tradition.
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Imaginative prayer, also known as Ignatian Contemplation is the name given to prayer which helps us enter more fully into the passage of Scripture we are reading, by using our ability to form pictures or inner impressions in our minds. We live in a rational, left brain world where information and analysis is the highest priority. But as humans, our soul is still captivated by experience. Jesus called on people’s imagination all the time. He was constantly telling stories and painting word pictures. He asked people to imagine the kingdom of God as a mustard seed, as yeast, as treasure hidden in a field. Through imaginative prayer we step into a gospel story and imagine ourselves to be there in that scene. Rather than reading the Bible abstractly, we enter the story to more deeply experience and encounter Jesus in the scene. In doing so we remain true to the Biblical reading, but more actively experience it. We might be a disciple in the boat with Jesus, one of the crowd at the feeding of the five thousand, or the woman at the well asked by Jesus to draw up water for him. It’s important that as you hear the story you try to feel what it’s like to actually be inside that story. Listen, taste, smell, feel, and watch what happens.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods: an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
Today we sit with Mark Karris,
Mark Gregory Karris is a licensed marriage and family therapist, ordained pastor, theologian, writer, and worship leader, based in San Diego. He has received a Masters in Counseling through the Alliance Graduate School of Counseling in Nyack, N.Y., a Master of Divinity from Drew Theological School in N.J., and currently working through his PsyD from Alliant International University in San Diego. Mark has has published and peer reviewed research, and facilitates workshops on topics such as attachment theory, shame, self-compassion, relationships, and trauma. Although he may be best known for his book Divine Echoes, in which he outlines an alternative approach to discursive prayer that he calls Conspiring Prayer. In this episode of Methods, Mark shows us how to engage in prayer even when our belief on its efficacy is in contention.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods: an exploration in guided prayer and meditation. This episode is part of our Being-With series, a subtle nod to the philosopher Martin Heidegger and his term referencing the Mitsein aspect of being. That the very nature of humanity is to be in relationship to others. We are inauthentic when we fail to recognize how much and in what ways how we think of ourselves and how we habitually behave is influenced by our social surroundings. We are authentic when we pay attention to that influence and decide for ourselves whether to go along with it or not.
Today we sit with Mark Karris,
Mark Gregory Karris is a licensed marriage and family therapist, ordained pastor, theologian, writer, and worship leader, based in San Diego. He has received a Masters in Counseling through the Alliance Graduate School of Counseling in Nyack, N.Y., a Master of Divinity from Drew Theological School in N.J., and currently working through his PsyD from Alliant International University in San Diego. Mark has has published and peer reviewed research, and facilitates workshops on topics such as attachment theory, shame, self-compassion, relationships, and trauma. Although he may be best known for his book Divine Echoes, in which he outlines an alternative approach to discursive prayer that he calls Conspiring Prayer. Find Mark here:
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Hello, and welcome to Methods: an exploration in guided prayer and meditation.
Today we explore a meditative method with Luke Bricker, an Ex-vangelical pastor, exploring a more expansive spiritual path. Luke hosts the Spiritual Nomad Podcast and Community, also offering Spiritual Direction, Coaching on spiritual trauma, and discernment of the enneagram.
Luke leads us through a meditation centered around the Biblical "Fruit of the Spirit" that was deeply important to him during his deconstruction of faith.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods: an exploration in guided prayer and meditation. This episode is part of our Being-With series, a subtle nod to the philosopher Martin Heidegger and his term referencing the Mitsein aspect of being. That the very nature of humanity is to be in relationship to others. We are inauthentic when we fail to recognize how much and in what ways how we think of ourselves and how we habitually behave is influenced by our social surroundings. We are authentic when we pay attention to that influence and decide for ourselves whether to go along with it or not.
Today we sit with Luke Bricker, an Ex-vangelical pastor, exploring a more expansive spiritual path. Luke hosts the Spiritual Nomad Podcast and Community, also offering Spiritual Direction, Coaching on spiritual trauma, and discernment of the enneagram.
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Today, we sit with Dr Charles Stone as leads us through the practice of Holy Noticing, an iteration of being mindful in light of the way of Christ. Charles has served for 37 years in ministry. He currently pastors West Park Church in London, Ontario. He founded StoneWell Ministries to serve pastors and churches through coaching and consulting. In his recent book, “Holy Noticing: The Bible, Your Brain, and the Mindful space between moments” Dr. Stone explores the connection between mindfulness and Christianity.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods: an exploration in guided prayer and meditation. This episode is part of our Being-With series, a subtle nod to the philosopher Martin Heidegger and his term referencing the Mitsein aspect of being. That the very nature of humanity is to be in relationship to others. We are inauthentic when we fail to recognize how much and in what ways how we think of ourselves and how we habitually behave is influenced by our social surroundings. We are authentic when we pay attention to that influence and decide for ourselves whether to go along with it or not.
Today we sit with Dr Charles Stone as we explore his take on what he calls Holy Noticing, an iteration of being mindful in light of the way of Christ. Charles has served for 37 years in ministry. He currently pastors West Park Church in London, Ontario. He founded StoneWell Ministries to serve pastors and churches through coaching and consulting. In his recent book, “Holy Noticing: The Bible, Your Brain, and the Mindful space between moments” Dr. Stone explores the connection between mindfulness and Christianity.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods: an exploration in guided prayer and meditation. Today our method is led by Rich Lewis, a leader for RCMR (Recovering Christianity's Mystical Roots) and a contemplative workshop leader and writer. In this method we get into the theory and practice of Centering Prayer, the type of contemplative prayer popularized mainly by Father Thomas Keating.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods: an exploration in guided prayer and meditation. This episode is part of our Being-With series, a subtle nod to the philosopher Martin Heidegger and his term referencing the Mitsein aspect of being. That the very nature of humanity is to be in relationship to others. We are inauthentic when we fail to recognize how much and in what ways how we think of ourselves and how we habitually behave is influenced by our social surroundings. We are authentic when we pay attention to that influence and decide for ourselves whether to go along with it or not. Today we speak with my friend Rich Lewis, a leader for RCMR (Recovering Christianity's Mystical Roots) and a contemplative workshop leader and writer. In our conversation we get into the nuts and bolts of Centering Prayer, the type of contemplative prayer popularized mainly by Father Thomas Keating.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods: an exploration in guided prayer and meditation. This is the last episode of our second season, focusing on the breath. We’ve saved the most difficult of the exercises for last. So if you haven’t already worked with the previous methods of this season, it would be highly recommended. Today our exercise is called “Sufi Breathing” and comes from the Sufi tradition, a mystical or esoteric iteration of Islam. Islam is a faith based on complete devotion to God, and shares its origins, and many details with the other Abrahamic faith traditions, including Judaism, and Christianity. In this method, we explore the concept of "remembering Allah" and attuning our devotion with breath.
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For this weeks episode of Methods Being-With, I spoke with Jonathon Stalls of Intrinsic Paths. Jonathon spent 242 days walking across the United States in 2010 and has continued to walk alongside thousands of people for thousands of miles. He is an artist, social entrepreneur, advocate for social, economic and racial justice, LGBTQIA+, Creator of Intrinsic Paths, and Founder of Walk2Connect. Jonathon recently finished his studies at the Living School for Action and Contemplation and has committed much of his life to inspire a connection-focused walking movement to help people deepen and heal relationship to one another, to the natural world, and to themselves.
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This weeks method is a walking meditation led by Jonathon Stalls of Intrinsic Paths. Jonathon spent 242 days walking across the United States in 2010 and has continued to walk alongside thousands of people for thousands of miles. He is an artist, social entrepreneur, advocate for social, economic and racial justice, LGBTQIA+, Creator of Intrinsic Paths, and Founder of Walk2Connect. Jonathon recently finished his studies at the Living School for Action and Contemplation and has committed much of his life to inspire a connection-focused walking movement to help people deepen and heal relationship to one another, to the natural world, and to themselves.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation. Today, our breath practice will be an advanced yogic breathing technique called Kapalabhati or “skull-shining breath”. This method is a great way to shake off negative energy and warm up your mind, body and spirit for a formal meditation practice, or just as a short meditation in itself to center you for the day. This method requires no spiritual belief or religious affiliation, so it is suitable for people of all faith traditions, or none.
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In this episode of Methods, Danny Prada of Heartway Church leads us through a breath-based exercise that centers around some questions famously asked by Saint Francis of Assisi. "Who am I?" and "Who are You, God?" You might not get any concrete answers from this meditation, but it may leave you with even more beautiful questions.
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Today we speak with Danny Prada, pastor of Heartway Church in South Florida. Danny is a bit unorthodox, but here at Methods, we like that. Danny and I speak briefly about the dynamic nature of faith, and transformation through contemplative practices.
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This episode we'll do another secular technique, based on the work of Dr. Andrew Weil, a world-renowned leader and pioneer in the field of integrative medicine, a healing-oriented approach to health care which encompasses body, mind, and spirit. The 4-7-8 technique, known also as Relaxing Breath, is a way to release tension and reduce stress levels in your day to day, and can be done anywhere at anytime. Use it to help yourself fall asleep, to prepare, or decompress from your workday, or when you notice yourself getting agitated or upset. If you get lightheaded at any point in this method, do not be afraid to take a break and breathe normally for a while.
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For today's method, we have our friend Michael Scott Evans from the Empathy& Podcast take us through a meditation centered around the breath and empathy, the power of feeling with another. The religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, and many others often tout the virtue of compassion as the pinnacle of all spiritual effort. Once we can see no separation between ourselves and our neighbor, we can truly love them as ourself, because they are.
"Those who possess this wisdom have equal regard for all. They see the same Self in a spiritual aspirant and an outcast, in an elephant, a cow, and a dog. Such people have mastered life. With even mind they rest in Brahman, who is perfect and is everywhere the same." -Krishna (Bhagavad Gita)
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Today we're trying something a little different. I sat down with my friend Michael Scott Evans of the Empathy& Podcast and community to chat about meditation and its power to connect us with others. Michael is a Texan by way of California with degrees in psychology and communication, as well as a Master's of Divinity in Theology from George W. Truett Seminary. In this interview, Michael talks to us about the ubiquitous superpower of empathy: what it is, what it does, and how to harness it. These interview episodes will be further called "Being-With" as a reference to the work of continental philosopher Martin Heidegger.
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This episode we'll take a look at a secular technique. That's right, no religious or spiritual affiliation needed. Just a way to ground and center yourself without all the God-talk. While helpful for some, it can be a pretty big stumbling block for others. Especially if you have baggage with the church, organized religion in general, or if you're just sensitive to "woo". We get it. There's a ton of people out there selling snake oil to solve all of your problems, which is why we offer these meditations for free. And while meditation can have cognitive and psychological benefits for our wellbeing, it's not a panacea. But if you remain open, and maintain consistency, it can very slowly make us more human.
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Today we explore a contemporary Method of prayer called Conspire, rooted in the Christian Mystical tradition. Not to be confused with the Conspiring Prayer of Mark Karris, Conspire is based on the Latin root "conspirare" which means breathing-with or with-breath. We'll throw it all the way back to the book of Genesis for this one, then give you some tips on creating a sacred space of your own. As with all Methods episodes, we encourage the use of headphones, not only to minimize outside distractions, but also to take advantage of the binaural beats we place within the meditations.
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This week it's all about the East. Or, at least Eastern Spirituality. What do Qigong, Taoism, and Zen have in common? A shared concept of energy centers within the body that correspond to facets of awareness. We'll talk briefly about the different centers, with our method focusing on the lower dantien, or Golden Stove. Lets get cooking.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods: an exploration in guided prayer and meditation. This week we bring you a guided meditation by Rich Johnston, the Director for Christian Mindfulness - an organization based on providing resources for contemplative spirituality in the UK. Rich leads us through his preferred method this week, and it's a good one. And the Scottish accent doesn't hurt.
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This week in Methods we build upon the Split Breath prayer from episode 12, moving into what is called a Three Phrase Cycle. Sounds complicated, but it's really not. This method uses the comfort we have built with our breath over the season to break it into three distinct phases: Inhale, Exhale, and Pause (Kumbhaka). Utilized in the context of prayer, this way of breathing gives different texture to each part of the prayer when paired with phases of the breath.
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This week we continue our series on the breath in the context of prayer and meditation. Typically the breath serves as a focus point for meditation, but in this case, breath is the medium we use to express our prayer to God. Meister Eckhart is quoted to say, "If the only prayer you ever said in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough." This weeks episode uses a modified split breath method based on the Trihagion (don't worry, we'll explain later) to evoke simple acceptance and gratitude toward life, toward ourselves, toward God.
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This week in Methods, we continue with our series on the breath, using it to focus our attention and hone our awareness to bring us closer to a state of wellbeing by the shedding of our attachments to our self-prescribed programs for happiness. This week we focus on a method called Vipassana, coming from the Theravada stream of Buddhism and popularized in the modern era by S.N. Goenka. If you enjoy this podcast please rate and review us on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play or Stitcher. Visit our website at www.methodspodcast.com
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This week we continue in our Breath series with a meditation on the Tetragrammaton, or the sacred name of God in the Jewish tradition. Given initially in the theophany of Moses, the Divine reveals itself in existential poetry, as being itself. This is why theologians such as Paul Tillich describe God not as a being, but as the ground of all being.
As per tradition Some Rabbi's have said that the name of God cannot be spoken, but only breathed. This implies that you are calling the name of God, right now.
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Hello, and welcome to Methods, an exploration in guided prayer and meditation. This week, we are exploring the theme of Agape within the context of our breath-work.
In ancient Greece, there were many different words to describe love. There was Philia (or brotherly love), Eros (or intimate love), Storge (or affectionate love), Pragma (or dedicated love), and Agape – unconditional love. Agape is a Greek term for a specific kind of love that is thought to resemble the love with which God loves the world.
In this method, we will practice a breathing meditation with focus on the unconditional love of God.
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This week we continue with the second episode of our Breath series. In this exercise we combine visualization and embodiment with our breathwork in a method called Praying from the Clay, inspired by Franciscan Priest, Father Richard Rohr in his book "Just This". The exercise is primarily based on ideas from Genesis 2:7, Romans 8:26, and 1 Corinthians 3:16.
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This is the first episode of our second season: Breath. In our first season, we explored Tradition in the context of Western Christian spirituality, and various familiar and unfamiliar practices. This season, we'll take a step back from the Christian tradition, and focus more on various breathing methods that can be utilized in any faith tradition or spiritual setting. These practices can form a sort of foundation or base upon which we can build our own practices and ways to connect with God. For this practice, belief or unbelief is relatively unimportant, as we will be solely focusing on the breath-work associated with mindful breathing.
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This episode is our last in the Traditions series, and it may be the most difficult, but arguably the most essential. In this episode, we'll strip down our prayer, liturgy, theology, and philosophy to simply sit in silence and solitude with God. Try to go into this time of silence with a feeling of receptivity, with your heart open to what you might receive, or what you may not receive. Will God speak to you? Or will your silence be met with silence?
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This week, we continue our season theme of "Tradition" - the ways in which some (mostly western) parts of the church have viewed prayer and liturgical practices. It can seem at times like the contemplative path or modern spirituality can be insular or too self-referential, ignoring the external world and societal change that we feel impelled to bring about via the concept of the Kingdom of God. This however, couldn't be further from the truth. For while outer change is beneficial, to make it lasting and not driven from our false sense of superiority, it has to come from the inside. One of the ways we are able to do this is intercessory prayer. Many people, especially those who are or have undergone a deconstruction of faith, can find intercessory prayer difficult. If that's you, think of these prayers as a type of Loving-Kindness Meditation, extended out to the world. Through this holding of others in our heart space, it changes the way we relate to them, and by extension, everything else.
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This season, we've been focusing on the lens of Tradition as it pertains to prayer, meditation, and contemplation. We encourage those who were raised in the Christian tradition, or in western society in general, to invest time in getting to know these ancient methods as tools to assist you in growing closer to God. In doing this, you accept an invitation into the larger history of Christendom in its seeking of the Divine. If you weren't raised in this tradition, or if it brings up unpleasant feelings for you, it may be used as a learning tool to understand faith practices of others unlike yourself, or to reassociate certain words in a more positive and healing way.
In this episode, we introduce the practice of the prayer of Thanksgiving, as well as continue with a session of Imaginative Prayer. The attitude of Thanksgiving is an important one in any spiritual path, including Christianity. The very nature of reality is completely gratuitous, or given, and our task as spiritual seekers is simply to receive what is. However to receive, we must first surrender what we grip so tightly.
Sources used in this episode included The Worship Sourcebook, and The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life by Tony Jones.
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In this episode, we introduce the practice of Lectio Divina, or "divine reading" an ancient method of relating to scripture. In this process, we engage the text not buy studying it in an academic way, but instead by relating to it. We begin by Lectio (reading), followed by meditatio (meditating), and then oratorio (prayer). We end in a silent time of contemplation. This way of relating to the Bible, or your holy text of choice can draw you closer to it in a more intimate way, breathing life into the text, and letting the text breathe into you.
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In this episode, we explore an orienting prayer, as well as a practice known as The Jesus Prayer, or prayer of the heart. The early desert fathers thought this is what Paul the apostle had in mind when he said things like, "pray without ceasing". After constant repetition, the prayer absorbs you into itself, and you find it humming along with you everywhere you go.
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This first episode of Methods introduces us to an Orienting Prayer, a prayer of Thanksgiving, and finally an Imaginative Prayer exercise, or "Ignatian Contemplation" as it might be recognized in the Jesuit community.
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