WE ARE EXPLORING THE PRACTICE OF HEAVENLINESS
+ This is a post on the style of The Way of Prayer as we
continue to explore Heavenliness through the lens of the 12 styles of the Mandala process created by Edward Bastian. There are 3 more Mandala styles to explore
after this: Reason, Relationships and Wisdom. After that, we move on to the 9 Attributes of Heaven.
+ Spirituality
without a prayer life is no spirituality at all, and it will not last beyond
the first defeats. Prayer is an opening of the self so that the Word of God can
break in and make us new. Prayer unmasks. Prayer converts. Prayer impels.
Prayer sustains us on the way. Pray for the grace it will take to continue what
you would like to quit.
-- Joan
D. Chittister in In a High Spiritual
Season
+ Yes, there are always things we need to quit doing or
thinking, aren’t there? We need to
regularly ask ourselves: What is it that we need to quit doing or thinking so
that “the Word of God can break in and make us new”? There are always changes we need to make in
our lives in order to become more holy, more effective. Prayer gives us the
power, the courage, the wisdom, the hope get on with it.
Exploring the way of prayer could keep us going for a
while, couldn’t it? As I have said, I
believe it is the spiritual category which is inclusive of all spiritual
categories. It looks like Sister
Joan Chittister agrees with me. She
isn’t the only one. There are some great teachers of prayer including many we
have met already on this amazing journey.
Let us seek more wisdom and guidance before we leave this essential
style.
+ Sister
Joan Chittister is one of the Spirituality & Practice featured living
spiritual teachers. She is
indeed one of the great teachers of
prayer in our midst. She has written a lot and it is all worth reading.
+ The 12 styles of Mandala: Creating An Authentic Spiritual
Path: An InterSpiritual Process by Edward
Bastian are listed in SE206.
+ To get inspired and illuminated by Ed Bastian, I invite you to set aside some time for these videos: Seven Steps of InterSpiritual Meditation (11 minutes) | 15 minute introduction to InterSpiritual Meditation and the Mandala Process | 2 hour lecture & conversation
+ I would love it if you offered a guest post on this practice or any practice. And, I have work to do on my Heavenliness page. Maybe you can help. Send an email with the subject “Heavenliness” or “Love” or “Guest Post” to John@abundancetrek.com.
+ You can always find a link to any of the Spiritual Explorations posts by going to http://abundancetrek.com/sepostsaccess.html
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