Into the Silent Land - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Into the Silent Land write by Martin Laird. This book was released on 2006-07-01. Into the Silent Land available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sitting in stillness, the practice of meditation, and the cultivation of awareness are commonly thought to be the preserves of Hindus and Buddhists. Martin Laird shows that the Christian tradition of contemplation has its own refined teachings on using a prayer word to focus the mind, working with the breath to cultivate stillness, and the practice of inner vigilance or awareness. But this book is not a mere historical survey of these teachings. In Into the Silent Land, we see the ancient wisdom of both the Christian East and West brought sharply to bear on the modern-day longing for radical openness to God in the depths of the heart. Laird's book is not like the many presentations for beginners. While useful for those just starting out, this book serves especially as a guide for those who desire to journey yet deeper into the silence of God. The heart of the book focuses on negotiating key moments of struggle on the contemplative path, when the whirlwind of distractions or the brick wall of boredom makes it difficult to continue. Laird shows that these inner struggles, even wounds, that any person of prayer must face, are like riddles, trying to draw out of us our own inner silence. Ultimately Laird shows how the wounds we loathe become vehicles of the healing silence we seek, beyond technique and achievement. Throughout the language is fresh, direct, and focused on real-life examples of people whose lives are incomparably enriched by the practice of contemplation.
The Silent Land
The Silent Land - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Silent Land write by Graham Joyce. This book was released on 2010-11-18. The Silent Land available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. THE SILENT LAND is a brooding and tender look at love and whether it can survive the greatest challenge we will ever face. The film rights have been optioned by the producer of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. A young couple are caught in an avalanche during a skiing holiday in the French Alps. They struggle back to the village and find it deserted. As the days go by they wait for rescue, then try to leave. But each time they find themselves back in the village. And, increasingly, they are plagued by visions and dreams and the realization that perhaps no-one could have survived the avalanche.
A Sunlit Absence
A Sunlit Absence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Sunlit Absence write by Martin Laird. This book was released on 2011-07-28. A Sunlit Absence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In his sequel to the best-selling Into the Silent Land, Martin Laird guides the reader more deeply into the sanctuary of Christian meditation. He focuses here on negotiating key moments of difficulty on the contemplative path, showing how the struggles we resist become vehicles of the healing silence we seek. With clarity and grace Laird shows how we can move away from identifying with our turbulent, ever-changing thoughts and emotions to the cultivation of a "sunlit absence"--the luminous awareness in which God's presence can most profoundly be felt.
An Ocean of Light
An Ocean of Light - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Ocean of Light write by Martin Laird. This book was released on 2019. An Ocean of Light available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the third of Martin Laird's best-selling books on Christian contemplative life, Laird considers the deepening dynamics of contemplation for those who have settled into a maturing practice of meditation. Drawing on the works of writers ranging from St. Augustine and St. Teresa of Avila to Flannery O'Connor and David Foster Wallace, Laird grounds his methodology in both ancient practice and contemporary language. With characteristic lyricism and gentleness, he guides readers through new challenges of contemplative life, such as the danger of using a spiritual practice as a strategy for personal gain; making ourselves the focus of our own contemplative project; dealing with old pain; and transforming the isolation of loneliness and depression into a place of liberating solidarity with all who suffer.
Islands and Beaches
Islands and Beaches - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Islands and Beaches write by Greg Dening. This book was released on 1988. Islands and Beaches available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
