Why ‘THIS BODY’? (excerpt)

My contention is that through kindly attention to the sensations of this body we can connect into a process of ever-deepening immersion into the reality of God at our centre and at the centre of life. I use the couplet ‘this body’ to try to indicate that there is not an ‘I’ that is in or that has a body, but rather that this body is me and is distinct but not separate from God. [more…]

Friday 27 June 2008

Levels of Body Prayer

  1. Relaxation
  2. Awareness of the breath
  3. Awareness of physical sensations
  4. Attend to the ‘stories’ this body has to tell, it's messages; learn to be at home
  5. Let this body tell you who you are
  6. Let this body be ((in) God)

One never moves on from earlier stages, but one moves deeper into them as each new stage is given.

Posted by Julian Maddock at 20:55 0 comments

What I learnt today

This body can be still even as the mind chatters away.

Let this body do the praying.

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