A sunlit absence : silence, awareness, and contemplation

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Book
Authors
ISBN 13
9780195378726
Category
Spirituality / Christian Faith ( 靈修信仰 )
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Publication Year
2011
Publisher
Pages
192
Subject
BV5091
Abstract
Summary"The practice of contemplation is one of the great spiritual arts," writes Martin Laird in A Sunlit Absence. "Not a technique but a skill, it harnesses the winds of grace that lead us out into the liberating sea of silence." In this companion volume to his bestselling Into the Silent Land, Laird focuses on a quality often overlooked by books on Christian meditation: a vast and flowing spaciousness that embraces both silence and sound, and transcends all subject/object dualisms. Drawing on the wisdom of great contemplatives from St. Augustine and St. Teresa of Avila to St. H.
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Introduction: hedgehogs and foxes -- Standing at the gate of the heart: on the practice of contemplation -- Our collection of videos -- The open porches of the mind: on silence and noise -- A sunlit absence: the light of awareness -- Sifted by boredom -- Creative disintegration: depression, panic, and awareness -- Sharp trials in the intellect -- "It don't work for me": prayers of petition and other practical problems.
Number of Copies
1
Library | Accession No | Call No | Copy No | Edition | Location | Availability |
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Library 1 ( Main Library ) at Thornleigh | 1382 | SP 0530.0000 | 1 | Yes |