Our St. Matthew group is planning to watch this event on February 25th at 7 pm.
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Monthly Archives: February 2014
Use of Beads as a Contemplative Practice
I found this website from the Institute for Contemplative Practice that have a section specifically with weekly meditations of Meditations Practices. Two weeks ago they start the section of the use of beads.
This is the link:
http://www.instituteforcontemplativepractice.org/Meditation/WeeklyReflections/tabid/63/Default.aspx
Spiritual Journey Stages by Richard Rohr
1. So many of our problems can be resolved if we understand that people are at different levels
2.Growth is going somewhere, and the trajectory is toward union: union with God, with the self (of mind, heart, and body), with others, and with the cosmos.
3. Stage One: My body and my self-image are who I am.
4. Stage Two: My external behavior is who I am.
5. Stage Three: My thoughts and feelings are who I am.
6. Without great love (and I mean great love) and great suffering, where there is a major defeat, major humiliation, major shock to the ego self, very few people move to Stage Four.
7. Stage Four: My deeper intuitions and felt knowledge
in my body are who I am.
8. Stage Five: My shadow self is who I am
9. Stage Six: I am empty and powerless.
10. Stage Seven: I am much more than who I thought
I was.
11. Stage Eight: “I and the Father are one” (John 10:30)
12. Stage Nine: I am who I am.
A Transformed Life Program
Praying From The Heart at St. Rita Church, Solon
Tentative program
During September-December 2013, we are planning to meet the second and the fourth Tuesdays of the month from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. We will have Centering Prayer at the beginning and then we will have the following program:
Day 1
A Transformed Life
Conference I. Shifting Perspectives 41 min (ATL_dvd-1)
Day 2
A Transformed Life
Conference II. Unmasking Distortions 43 min (ATL_dvd-1)
Day 3
A Transformed Life
Conference III. Growing Awareness 46 min (ATL_dvd-2)
Day 4
A Transformed Life
Conference IV. Discovering Truth 46 min (ATL_dvd-2)
Day 5
A Transformed Life
Conference V. Embracing Inner Freedom 43 min (ATL_dvd-3)
Day 6
A Transformed Life
Conference VI. Finding True Happiness. 47 min (ATL_dvd-3)
Introduction to Centering Prayer Sep-Dec
Praying From The Heart at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
Program
We will have special schedule during September-December 2013. Instead of our regular meetings on the second and the fourth Tuesdays of the month, we are planning to meet every Tuesdays beginning September 10 and ending December. Our goal is to offer some enrichment sessions so you are more comfortable on the initiation of your contemplative path.
Each session will be 2 hours. We will have the regular prayer session and have a break so people who cannot stay feel comfortable to go.
Day 1.
Prayer as Relationship
Be Still and Know 16 min (CP_dvd-2)
The Rest of the Story 15 min (CP_dvd-2)
Centering Prayer
The Four Basic Guidelines 16 min (CP_dvd-3)
Day 2
Thoughts and Use of The Sacred Word
The Power of the Return 15 min (CP_dvd-3)
Finding Freedom 11 min (CP_dvd-3)
Day 3
Centering Prayer
It All Begins Saying “Yes” 17 min (CP_dvd-5)
Deepening Your Relationship with God
The Fruits of Centering Prayer 15 min (CP_dvd-5)
The Two Armed Embrace 14 min (CP_dvd-5)
( I used DVD 4 about the Human Condition and watched 1. Return to the Source and 2. the Human Family)( This material covered the formation of the false self and the concept of false self)
Day 4
The Basic Core of Goodness 25 min (CP_dvd-6)
The Five Levels of Consciousness 8 min (IFG)
Day 5
Centering Prayer and Divine Therapy 6 min (IFG)
The Spiritual Staircase and The Pascal Mystery 14 min (IFG)
Day 6
The Great Banquet: All are Invited 16 min (IFG)
Inter-Religious Dialogue and
The Concept of God 17 min (IFG)
Day 7
A Transformed Life
Conference I. Shifting Perspectives 41 min (ATL_dvd-1)
Day 8
A Transformed Life
Conference II. Unmasking Distortions 43 min (ATL_dvd-1)
Day 9
A Transformed Life
Conference III. Growing Awareness 46 min (ATL_dvd-2)
Day 10
A Transformed Life
Conference IV. Discovering Truth 46 min (ATL_dvd-2)
Day 11
A Transformed Life
Conference V. Embracing Inner Freedom 43 min (ATL_dvd-3)
Day 12
A Transformed Life
Conference VI. Finding True Happiness. 47 min (ATL_dvd-3)
Material to be used comes from:
CP= “Centering Prayer: A Training Course for Opening to the Presence of God” featuring Fr. Thomas Keating , Gail Fitzpatrick-Hopler and Fr. Carl Arico. Includes DVD’s, audio CD’s, workbook and prayer cards. 2009. Contemplative Outreach.
IFG= “Invitation from God” with Thomas Keating. A film by Marie Louise Lèfevre with an Introduction by Gail Fitzpatrick-Hopler. Contemplative Outreach. 2007 Magic Hour Films.
ATL= “A Transormed Life” featuring Sister Maria Tasto, OSB. 2011 Sister of St. Benedict.