Religious Meditation

With silence increasingly becoming a stranger to us, one man set out to become its intimate: Pablo d'Ors, a Catholic priest whose life was changed by Zen meditation. With disarming honesty and directness, as well as a striking clarity of language, d'Ors shares his struggles as a beginning meditator: the tedium, restlessness, and distraction. But, persevering, the author discovers not only a deep peace and understanding of his true nature, but also that silence, rather than being a retreat from life, offers us an intense engagement with life just as it is.

Negative thoughts have a tendency to sneak up on you. No matter how well intentioned you are, you cant seem to hold them back. Before you know it, they're spiraling in your mind, and you instantly feel dark and foreboding. You know the feeling. Tense chest. Knots in your stomach. Annoyed at everything and everyone. Sound familiar? Well, you're not alone. Meditation expert and Christian enthusiast Dakota Hatch suffered with intense stress, social anxiety, and sleepless nights. His emotional life was quickly going downhill. He needed relief. And he found it: the key to a blissful mind.

Most people who have difficulty setting up a meditation practice cite lack of time as the main hindrance. But with this audiobook, there's no excuse! Guided Meditations for Busy People is designed with the time-pressured in mind and offers nine short meditations from three minutes to nine minutes in length. Most are eight minutes long. These short "sits" are ideal for the person who needs to meditate but who feels they don't have the time.

Involving God in your sex life may sound scandalous, but sexuality was designed by our creator and is saturated with the very being of God. So why not invite the divine in? The concept may feel awkward at first, because we’ve been trained by purity culture and centuries of mistrust of our bodies and our desires. But God wants to be part of all we do. God is already there when you are naked with your beloved. God is within you, and within them, and between you both. Be brave. Enter into that presence. You have the power to transform sex into worship of God, with God.

There has been a lot of talk lately about our bodies being energy fields with chakras that may be blocked or unbalanced at times and why this is to blame for all our physical, emotional, and spiritual struggles or problems. Don’t be left behind in this new quest to tackle emotional and spiritual stagnation, illness, and suffering from it the source! Even if you’ve never come across words like auras, chakras, nadis, and many others before, don’t worry. By the end of this book, you will know it all and be able to use it to transform your life!

OPERATE IN DIVINE ACCURACY You don't have to live unaware of the enemy's plans. God has a system in place to keep you a step ahead of the devil. Take advantage of Spiritual intelligence to avert danger, make accurate decisions and live an all round victorious life. In this book, Okey Onuzo through profound teaching of Biblical principles and life experiences, presents an exposition of God's provision for your protection and well being.

This audiobook contains the basic steps of new-age Christian meditation, also known as esoteric Christian meditation, which is based on the ancient practice of “inner silence”, originally imparted by Jesus to his closest disciples and purposely hidden from the masses. Based on four decades of comparative religion research and meditation practice, these lessons and exercises reveal the keys of the secret teachings of Jesus, decoded from the four canonical gospels as well as the Old Testament.

In fast-food society we long for quick fixes and easy answers. But no worthwhile goal is easily reached, and a deep spiritual life is not created in a week or two. It takes perseverance over the long haul to finish well. The Finishing Touch encourages you to keep on keeping on to reach your goals and reap the harvest of a life worth living. Daily devotionals for fifty-two weeks help you discover gut-level authenticity, hope in the midst of despair, courage in the face of fear, the light of faith in the shadows of doubt, and peace in the midst of stress.

The "Revelations of Divine Love" is a 14th-century book of Christian mystical devotions written by Julian of Norwich. It includes her sixteen mystical visions and contemplations on universal love and hope in a time of plague, religious schism, uprisings and war. Published in 1395, it is the first published book in the English language to be written by a woman.

Today, many Jewish Americans are embracing a dual religious identity, practicing Buddhism while also staying connected to their Jewish roots. This book tells the story of Judaism's encounter with Buddhism in the United States, showing how it has given rise to new contemplative forms within American Judaism - and shaped the way Americans understand and practice Buddhism. Taking listeners from the 19th century to today, Emily Sigalow traces the history of these two traditions in America and explains how they came together.

Nick Horton shares and declares hope in a broken and groaning world. After several decades teaching, mentoring, and guiding discouraged people, I am slowly learning how to walk more rugged roads with others. They are often weary travelers who have faced squalls and storms of life. How do we handle sadness brought on from depression, broken families, emotional disorders, loneliness, or even death itself? Immersing ourselves in nature, surrounding ourselves and serving in secure communities produces strength in each of us. The path to light and life is an uphill journey.

Easwaran explains how we can clear our minds of the clutter that prevents us from living our lives the way we want to live.

Are you craving for an inner transformation? Do you want to be a better human being? Do you want answers to the challenges of life? Do you feel a continuous sense of emptiness or void in your life? Do you find yourself asking existential questions? Do you want to understand the true meaning of life? Do you want to understand the nature and importance of suffering? Do you crave to know why you were born and the purpose of life? If you have any of the above questions but are lost on how to go about getting the wisdom or answers to the above questions, then this book is perfect for you. The ...

Are you seeking a deeper understanding of consciousness? Are you interested in meditation or currently practicing meditation? The Buddha and the Quantum is about the connection between meditation and physics. Many books show parallels between consciousness and physics; a few of these attempt to explain consciousness in terms of the physics of everyday experience. This is the only book that explains physics and the everyday world in terms of consciousness alone.

Do you need a way to de-stress? Are you tired of staring at a blank page, not knowing what to write? Looking for a new way to journal? Do you like to draw? Or are you simply searching for something that will guide you closer to God without having to commit to a lengthy book filled with hard-to-understand religious instruction? If you answered yes to any of these questions then this journal is for you. I hope you enjoy it.

Take a second to imagine how you’ll feel once you can effortlessly conjure the moon’s power to recreate your outer reality. This shocking guide may work for you, even if you have failed time and time again to work with the phases of the moon.

In Karma, Sadhguru seeks to put you back in the driver's seat, turning you from a terror-struck passenger to a confident driver navigating the course of your own destiny. By living consciously and fully inhabiting each moment, you can free yourself from the cycle. Karma is an exploration and a manual, restoring our understanding of karma to its original potential for freedom and empowerment instead of a source of entanglement. Through Sadhguru's teachings, you will learn how to live intelligently and joyfully in a challenging world.

Desire and longing are part of the human condition. But we aren’t alone in our thirst: the essence of divinity is an intense yearning for unity. The meditations contained in these pages will not only change your view of God, they will help you experience God.

Among Buddhist traditions, Zen has been remarkably successful in garnering and sustaining interest outside the Buddhist homelands of Asia, and "zen" is now part of the global cultural lexicon. This deeply informed book explores the history of this enduring Japanese tradition - from its beginnings as a form of Buddhist thought and practice imported from China to its reinvention in medieval Japan as a force for religious, political, and cultural change to its role in Japan's embrace of modernity.

Su Santidad el Dalai Lama expone su visión de la ciencia y de la fe con una única intención: aliviar el sufrimiento humano. Mediante el estudio científico, que nunca ha abandonado, y el llamamiento a la práctica religiosa, el Dalai Lama explora muchos de los grandes y eternos debates y realiza asombrosas conexiones entre algunas cuestiones aparentemente dispares, como la evolución o el karma, llamadas a cambiar nuestra forma de percibir el mundo.