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Practitioners of Centering Prayer are known for the great enthusiasm they bring to the practice of this ancient discipline. Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening is a complete guidebook for all who wish to know the practice of Centering Prayer. Cynthia Bourgeault goes further than offering an introduction, however. She examines…
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This book was my introduction to centering prayer, a contemplative practice that is aimed at becoming awake to the constant presence of divine love rather than working with discursive thoughts and emotions. I was immediately intrigued by Bourgeault’s brief but lucid explanation of why contemplative prayer was lost to the Western tradition, a strange episode in our spiritual life that is thankfully now over, and of how Centering Prayer came to be developed.
I was given all the resources I needed to start my own practice, and found that it truly did lead to an inner awakening in a way…
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