Methods of Contemplation

Methods of Contemplation

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Methods of Contemplation episodes

  • The Philokalia: On Guarding the Intellect

    In this excerpt from the Philokalia, Saint Isaac the Solitary leads young ascetics through twenty seven texts discussing important points for those who have undertaken spiritual vows of the Christian life.

    In this passage, he describes the pitfalls of leaving the door of our heart (the intellect), unguarded. This holds even more true after we have received some spiritual consolation in the gifts of peace or joy.


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    20 min
  • The Cloud of Unknowing: Action and Contemplation

    In Ira Progoff's translation of the fourteenth century Christian mystical classic "The Cloud of Unknowing" - the anonymous author leads us through the practice of contemplative prayer in a way unparalleled by other methods of the tradition.

    In this chapter, they speak to us of the subtle differences and divisions in the active and contemplative life, using the example of Mary and Martha.


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    11 min
  • The Seventh Mansion: Teresa of Avila

    Teresa of Avila, in this reading brings us to the heights of the Christian spiritual endeavor according to the Spanish school of mysticism.

    She describes in vivid experiential detail the difference between an intermittent and oscillatory perception of Grace, and the abiding and eternal marriage of the soul and God as lover and Beloved.


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    11 min
  • On Loving God: Bernard of Clairvaux

    In this reading, Bernard of Clairvaux takes us through to the heights of the 'fourth degree' of love.

    A love that has no interest in acquiring or maintaining created things, but shooting up the spine like a rocket bound for the moon of nectar that is unconditional devotion.


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    11 min
  • The Little Book of Enlightenment

    A veritable firehose of mystical theology, John Ruysbroeck spoke at a level much more subtle, intricate, and experiential than many. And in his writing we can see ripples of our own deepest truth.

    Although this is a short passage, it is worth listening through again and again. This repeated hearing, reflection, and meditation are what plunge us continually into the core of our being which is ever united with God.
    With no distinction whatsoever to be found.


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    7 min
  • The Third Theophany

    This is a contemplative reading of the Third Theophany of Moses, by Saint Gregory of Nyssa. As one of the first desert fathers of the Christian tradition, Gregory's words here give us a window into the view of Christ in its extra-temporal nature - reverberating through time as the eternal I Am.


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    11 min
  • Meister Eckhart: Sermon 5

    All creatures are words of God.


    A meditative reading of Meister Eckhart's Sermon 5 from his selected German translations. Often touted as the Christian tradition's most non-dual teacher, Meister Eckhart stretches the bounds of traditional Christian theology and philosophy. His words serve as a wonderful aid to contemplative prayer.


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    11 min
  • Non-Dual Meditation

    This method is a guided meditation on the nature of the non-dual. Non-Duality, or "A-dvaita" in Sanskrit, is the experiential realization of the oneness of the individual soul and the supreme Godhead. Literally meaning "not-two", advaita expresses the simplicity of Absolute Reality as awareness itself.

    11 min
  • The Divine Mother

    This method is a non-dual guided visualization of the Divine Mother. Called by many names like Sophia, Shakti, Devī, Goddess, etc. - the Divine Feminine is typically expressed as the active or dynamic principle in spiritual ontology. In this meditation though, we take a specifically femininist lens in expressing the nature of the Absolute itself as Mother.

    11 min
  • The Universal Christ

    This method is a relaxing non-dual visualization and meditation on the Universal and Cosmic nature of Christ. The encounter with and participation in the eternal being of the Divine is the breaking free of our small sense of self into the more expansive and loving awareness that is the Logos.

    11 min

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An exploration in guided prayer and meditation. Non-Dual Awareness with Christian symbolism.