“A primary goal of the spiritual life is to learn to quiet the mind through prayer and meditation, through spiritual practice, so that we can hear what in both Judaism and Christianity, is called the small, still voice within.” MindStillsSpiritualLife IsGoalVoicePrayerChristianityPracticeMeditationQuietPrimariesSpiritual LifeJudaismSpiritual Practice Author:Marianne Williamson
“Catholicism is the big house of Christianity. It's got many, many rooms in it. And I've always been attracted to the rooms which are to do with prayer. The mystical strain is the strain whereby the whole day can be given over to prayer through what we call lectio divina, prayerful reading of Scripture, through practice of meditation of when one uses the imagination and the intellect with respect to images, and then finally, and most difficult of all, contemplation, where one empties the mind of all images and all ideas, all concepts, in order to be completely attentive to God.” MindIdeasWholeUseBigsOrderReadingHouseGivenDifficultImaginationPrayerRoomsChristianityPracticeMeditationConceptsIntellectScriptureContemplationCatholicismMysticalStrainPrayerfulBig Houses Author:Kevin Hart
“We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.” WorldFactsWisdomReligionSilenceChristianityMeditationLonelinessSolitudeTrue FriendshipFeeling LonelyMeditation MindDaily Meditation Author:C. S. Lewis
“Prayer that is born of meditation upon the Word of God is the prayer that soars upward most easily to God's listening ears.” GodChristianBornPrayerChristianityMeditationListeningEarsWordsWord Of GodPastorSoarEvangelismListening Ear Book:HOW TO PRAY: The Importance of Prayer [Second Edition] Source: HOW TO PRAY: The Importance of Prayer [Second Edition]