The Selfless Self: Meditation and the opening of the heart - Softcover

Freeman, Laurence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853119830 ISBN 13: 9781853119835

Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich, 2009

Synopsis

Many people today have a deep spiritual thirst and hunger that in many ways is as urgent as the material needs of developing nations. Unless affluent societies escape the addiction to materialism, they will be unable to feel the depth of compassion from which works of mercy and justice spring. Laurence Freeman teaches a way to spiritual health that is both ancient and new. The desert fathers practiced silent prayer and the church in our own day has rediscovered its liberating power. To sit down before God in silence does more than empty our minds of our own concerns. It opens us to the mystery of life, to seeing thing from God's perspective rather than our own limited viewpoint, to the power of faith that heals and raises us to love God and our neighbour. This is a book with international appeal as the World Community for Christian Meditation can be found in 114 countries.

About this title

Product Description:

Rare Book

About the Author:

Laurence Freeman is a Benedictine monk who took over the work of John Main osb, founder of the World Community of Christian Meditation, a worldwide spiritual family united in the practice of daily prayer, with over 110,000 members in more than 100 countries.

About this edition

• Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1853119830
• ISBN 13: 9781853119835
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176