Prayer of the Heart in Christian and Sufi Mysticism
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Prayer of the Heart in Christian and Sufi Mysticism

  1. 128 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Prayer of the Heart in Christian and Sufi Mysticism

About this book

Guiding the reader through the stages of mystical prayer—a way to create a living relationship with the Divine within the heart—this book draws upon Christian and Sufi sources such as St. Teresa of Avila, 'Attâr, St. John of the Cross, and Rûmî. Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee describes the stages of prayer: how prayer is first born of need, but then takes one deep within the heart, into the stages of union and ecstasy. Through mystical prayer, one is drawn into the silence of real communion with God. Here, in the silence within the heart, a meeting and merging takes place that carries one beyond the self into the mystery of divine presence. This exploration delves into the secret of how to pray without ceasing, in which prayer becomes alive within the heart, and includes a chapter on the need to pray for the well-being of the Earth. It brings together the Christian and Sufi mystical traditions and will benefit any practitioner of prayer who is drawn to discover a relationship with God within their heart.

Table of contents

  1. Praise
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. THE LADDER OF DIVINE GRACES
  6. Dedication
  7. PREFACE
  8. FOREWORD
  9. INTRODUCTION
  10. 1 - PRAYER and LISTENING
  11. 2 - STAGES of PRAYER
  12. 3 - THE JESUS PRAYER and the DHIKR
  13. 4 - THE CIRCLE of LOVE
  14. 5 - THE HEART PRAYS
  15. 6 - PRAYER for the EARTH
  16. 7 - PERSONAL PRAYER
  17. NOTES
  18. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  19. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  20. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  21. THE GOLDEN SUFI CENTER® PUBLICATIONS
  22. ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

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Information

Publisher
The Golden Sufi Center
Year
2012
Topic
Theology & Religion
Print ISBN
9781890350352
Subtopic
Mysticism
eBook ISBN
9781890350383

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