Ocean of Light - Contemplation, Transformation, and Liberation Laird Martin Professor of Early Christian Studies Department of Theology and Religious Studies Villanova UniversityPevná vazba
For people drawn to a life of contemplation, the dawning of luminous awareness in a mind full of clutter is deeply liberating. In the third of his best-selling books on Christian contemplative life,…
Specifikacia Ocean of Light - Contemplation, Transformation, and Liberation Laird Martin Professor of Early Christian Studies Department of Theology and Religious Studies Villanova UniversityPevná vazba
For people drawn to a life of contemplation, the dawning of luminous awareness in a mind full of clutter is deeply liberating. In the third of his best-selling books on Christian contemplative life, Martin Laird turns his attention to those who are well settled in their contemplative practice.An Ocean of Light speaks both to those just entering the contemplative path and to those with a maturing practice of contemplation. Gradually, the practice of contemplation lifts the soul, freeing it from the blockages that introduce confusion into our identity and thus confusion about the mystery we call God. In the course of a lifetime of inner silencing, the flower of awareness emerges: a living realization that we have never been separate from God or from the rest of humanity while we each fully become what each of us is created to be. In contemplation we become so silent before