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The Wilderness within

Meditation and Modern Life

  • Paperback
  • 144 pages
  • Publisher: Canterbury Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 0.8 cm

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The Wilderness Within offers a strikingly original approach to the what, the why, and the how of practising meditation today. Meditation is not a form of 'spiritual technology' to help us achieve our personal goals, but simply sitting quietly before God. It is not a means to an end, but an end in itself. Though it can be learnt in a few minutes, it is likely to take more than a lifetime to master. Drawing extensively on the teachings of Jesus and other biblical narratives, The Wilderness Within takes a deeper look at what meditation really is and what it actually involves. It enables us to explore with honesty our motives for practising it, and explains the need to create a positive and balanced spiritual discipline in our lives. It encourages us to take a step back from ourselves, put things into perspective and learn to see reality as it really is, rather than as we would wish it to be. Ultimately, it is about becoming more fully who and what we really are.
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  • Author

    Nicholas Buxton

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Canterbury Press

  • Published

    July 2014

  • Weight

    173g

  • Page Count

    144

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 0.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781848256576

  • ISBN-10

    1848256574

  • Eden Code

    4278958

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    People in the west crave rewarding spiritual experiences and the plethora of courses and methodologies on offer from across the faith and secular spectrum is quite extraordinary. Yet often a Christian contribution to this marketplace is missing; as Christians we often appear to shy away from engaging alongside the populist spiritual world as if by doing so we might be tainted or somehow undermine our ‘offering’. In this succinct volume, Nicholas Buxton seeks to introduce the beginner to the ancient tradition of Christian meditation. Written in an easy to digest style, Buxton combines pithy reflections on contemporary issues with imaginative biblical reflection whilst drawing on the experience of the ancient mystics. Buxton’s conclusion is that meditation offers us a means by which to more fully engage with the world, rather than a route out of it towards some imaginary spiritual nirvana. Meditation does not place being above doing, but helps us make sense of doing whilst being and being whilst doing. It is a spiritual journey that he declares “is the only journey ever worth making”. The strength of ‘The Wilderness Within’ lies in its grounding in the author’s own spiritual journey much of which has taken place to a degree in the public eye. Now a parish priest, Buxton first entered the public arena as a participant in the BBCTV series The Monastery that was aired in 2005. Readers will appreciate that this volume arises out of experience, not academic reflection alone, and is all the more valuable for that.