Hurricane Sandy Buddhist Response Includes Mindfulness Chaplains, Storm ...
"Our chaplains provide contemplative care. It's the kind of care given by someone who has their own meditation practice and uses that to bring to the patient an openness and reliability that the meditation practice is supposed to do," said Ellison. "We ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Cultivating presence
I have always liked the metaphor of the river (borrowed from my contemplative practice of centering prayer) in talking of the flow of thoughts.www.patheos.com
Vacare Oprah: The Gospel of O
In the contemplative world stamped by and seen through the 'O' of the 'Oprah' brand, one also finds someone sitting cross-legged, this time as part of a yoga practice recommended by Dr. Oz. Or feet power-walking in pumps plugged on Oprah's last show.lareviewofbooks.org
Blake Burleson, Ph.D., Talks about his Book on Contemplative Prayer
Q: Some people may think of cloistered, contemplative monks when they think of meditative prayer, worship and study. If this something that will take practice for the average Christian in this era short attention spans and constant interruptions from ...www.baylor.edu
When in Rome, pray as you go
"To put it boldly, contemplation is the ultimate answer to the unreal and insane world that our financial systems and our advertising culture as well as our chaotic and unexamined emotions encourage us to inhabit.www.businessdayonline.com
Can Buddhism Help Christians Strengthen Their Christian Faith?
And while Buddhists take great satisfaction in having perfected this contemplative practice over many generations, we are the first to recognize that mindfulness-awareness is not ours and has relatively little to do with "Buddhism" and everything to do ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Growing in Faith: Lectio Divina and Contemplative Prayer
As we journey through this Year of Faith and we reflect upon the importance of contemplative prayer, let us always keep in mind that the protagonist in our prayer life is the Holy Spirit.www.catholic.org
The transformative, purifying qualities of contemplation
Contemplation is the only ultimate answer to the unreal and insane world that our financial systems, our advertising culture, and our chaotic and unexamined emotions encourage us to inhabit.www.guardian.co.uk
Reading for experience, not information
It is a course offered by the Center for Contemplative Practice and is entitled "Poetry and Contemplation." It starts next Tuesday and continues for two Tuesdays after that using conference-call technology.www.lvrj.com
On Human Compassion: Encountering The Dalai Lama's Scientific Mind
Yesterday I sat in the presence of a spiritual leader and felt the power of a mind that practices contemplative Buddhism and embraces modern science.www.nhpr.org
Taizé services offer modern style of worship for students
Virtually every religion has their own distinct version of communicating with a higher being, or prayer. However, Taizé prayer seems to blend the lines between Eastern and Western religions in a contemplative and meditative practice. The practice ...www.hilltopviewsonline.com
Learning to Bounce Back
Based on these insights, these researchers have developed training regimens, rooted in contemplative practice, that are already helping first responders, emergency-room physicians and soldiers better manage periods of extreme stress and diminish the ...www.nytimes.com
Catholic sister believes in freedom through education
The Star is profiling religious leaders throughout Ventura County, hoping to introduce readers to various faiths and the people who practice them. We are gathering those ... Would you explain that? A: Nuns who are contemplative devote their lives to ...www.vcstar.com
Baptists embrace pet blessings
Long a practice of the Catholic and Episcopal churches, animal blessing ceremonies are now cropping up in Baptist settings as creation and pets become more important to many Christians.www.abpnews.com
Vatican Council II brought gospel closer to people
To learn contemplative practice is to learn what we need to live truthfully and honestly and lovingly. It is a deeply revolutionary matter.www.tri-parishtimes.com
How meditation helps maintain healthy mind
The new model was recently presented to His Holiness The Dalai Lama in a private meeting, entitled "Mind and Life XXIV: Latest Findings in Contemplative Neuroscience." The researchers identified several ... "Through continued practice, the person can ...timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mindfulness makes its way into law schools
In 2008, the school developed the contemplative practice and the law course as well as a contemplative lawyering group under student affairs.www.dlnnews.com
EUSD and Jois Foundation Respond to Concerns About Religious Yoga
The news release goes on to claim that "the CSC has expressed a desire to re-merge the practice of yoga and meditation with its spiritual roots.encinitas.patch.com
Sacred Spaces religion briefs for the week of Nov. 3, 2012
Choir practice is at 8:30 a.m., the adult discussion group meets at 9 a.m. and worship services are at 10 a.m. at the Community Church of Mill Valley, United Church of Christ at 8 Olive St. in Mill Valley.www.marinij.com
Church Notes
Centering, or contemplative prayer, is a meditation practice based on the work of the Rev. Thomas Keating, who believes that silence is "God's first language.www.newburyportnews.com
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