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The Heart of Creation

Meditation - A Way of Setting God Free in the World

by John O.S.B. Main

  • Paperback
  • 128 pages
  • Publisher: Canterbury Press
  • 14.5 x 21.6 x 13.5 cm

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We take it for granted that aspects of monastic life can sustain our daily lives in the world, but we owe this understanding to John Main, a Benedictine monk who pioneered the idea that the desert tradition of meditative or contemplative prayer, which had largely been forgotten in the West, was for all Christians. At his monastery in London, he started teaching this way of prayer to lay groups and a network of meditation groups came into being, quickly spreading throughout the world and renewing a sense of the Church as a fellowship rooted in prayer and contemplative action. Bestselling books soon grew out of his talks. This simple, practical guide to 'pure prayer' teaches that by ceasing to struggle to find words and images by which we all too easily try to control God, we give God freedom to be himself in our hearts and we begin to pray with 'the mind of Christ', as St Paul teaches. In a nervous world saturated with image and endless self-commentary, this is a nourishing, life-giving stream of hope and refreshment.
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  • Author

    John O.S.B. Main

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Canterbury Press

  • Published

    October 2007

  • Weight

    10g

  • Page Count

    128

  • Dimensions

    14.5 x 21.6 x 13.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9781853118487

  • ISBN-10

    1853118486

  • Eden Code

    1117603

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    For readers new to John Main, welcome to the man who introduced the idea that aspects of monastic life can sustain daily lives in the world. Sounds challenging, and real meditation which truly becomes an opening to and a dialogue with God, is just that, but John Main, a Benedictine, through his talks and writings, has always been able to use the best of east and west, ancient and modern, to give the best direction. For John Main regulars, these talks were originally published in 1988, so have been unavailable for a while. This new edition has been edited by Laurence Freeman.

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