Hebrew Thinking on the Holy Spirit / Spiritual Meditations

In ancient Hebrew, if one could not ‘see’ it, ‘touch’ it, ‘smell it’, ‘taste it”, or ‘hear’ it, then one was not talking about anything real.

How to Return to Your Natural Awareness / Spiritual Meditations

An infant lives in the present moment and demonstrates that guilt, worry, and anxiety are not natural. Jesus insisted that we unlearn a lot to experience mindfulness.

God’s Bubble of Peace & Joy / Spiritual Meditations

God orchestrated an introduction for our exchange of surprising spiritual experiences.

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Unlocking Contemplative Meditation / Spiritual Meditations

In contemplative meditation, loving is more important than thinking, listening more important than asking, being more important than doing, and a deep and attentive silence the most important of all.

Centering Prayer Forms Intimacy with God / Spiritual Meditations

Silent centering prayer balances the mistaken understanding of prayer as a one-way conversation by focusing on what is being communicated from the other end of the telephone line.

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When God is Silent / Spiritual Meditations

Are You there, God? You feel very close to God for a moment, during a hymn, during prayer, for a few hours or days and then it’s gone.

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A Spiritual Expert’s Private Thoughts on Meditation / Spiritual Meditations

Prayer & meditation should never be regarded as a science or reduced to a system because it is essentially a living and personal relationship, which tends to become more personal and more simple, as one goes on.

church where the eyes of St. Francis were opened

The Unconventional Life & Truth of a Christian Mystic / Spiritual Meditations

To be a mystic is simply to participate here and now in that real and eternal life; in the fullest, deepest sense. It is to share, as a free and conscious agent—not a servant, but a son — in God’s Kingdom, sweeping through pain and glory towards home in God.

Loss of Faith Regained Through Mysticism / Spiritual Meditation

When life takes on a dull meaningless quality void of transcendence, transformation can be accomplished through mystical experience of God.

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A Glimpse Through the Curtain between Life and Afterlife | Spiritual Meditations

The first time the deceased make themselves known to us, it is surprising. But it happens to many and It could happen to you too.