Meditation: Threads from Western Mysticism and Christianity

00:30 meditation: what works? what doesn’t?

01:00 choose one ‘path’ or continue exploring?

02:00 Taoism, Western Esotericism and Christian Mysticism…? oh my!

02:20 blood roots? soul roots?

03:00 Western esotericisms (‘edited out’ of the spiritual ‘cannon’)

04:00 centering prayer: the mystical side of Christianity

05:30 how to establish a ‘Piscean’ meditation practice

07:20 basic centering prayer instructions

07:45 the centering prayer app   

08:30 rest your mind on a word(?)

09:50 temper recommendations with unfolding self-understanding

10:15 cyclical practice (vs linear)

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Mentioned:

Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening by Cynthia Bourgeault
Open Mind, Open Heart by Thomas Keating