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5 days ago · JCS: Let’s start with our first question: What is contemplation? JQ: I think there’s a conventional sense or everyday usage of the term, contemplation. But there’s a bit of a disconnect between how contemplation is understood more broadly and how it’s used in contemplative practice.
4 days ago · Welcome to the Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer. On this site you will find information about the Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer (FCP), resources to support you in the practice of Contemplative Prayer and details of Fellowship activities.
1 day ago · The meditation technique of contemplation includes agnya vichāya, in which one contemplates on seven facts – life and non-life, the inflow, bondage, stoppage and removal of karmas, and the final accomplishment of liberation.
3 days ago · Contemplation. Contemplation, on the other hand, is a divinely infused prayer and a more spiritually derived action. The word comes from the Latin prefix "con" (with) and the root "templum" (shrine, temple, or sacred place). Contemplation is the act of observing or surveying from a higher vantage point with the help of the divine.
4 days ago · The Point Is to Grow. Friday, July 12, 2024. The point appears to be not just to stay the same your whole life but to grow, to really grow and open, grow in seeing, grow in awareness. —Paula D’Arcy. Retreat leader Paula D’Arcy recounts how she was transformed by the deep grief of losing her husband and daughter to a drunk driver:
5 days ago · Father Richard describes how contemplation sustains our transformation: We can experience the Absolute in a transformative moment that relativizes everything and invites us into the world of love and grace. We can allow our opinions on politics, economics, race, and gender to gradually be changed.
Feb 8, 2022 · Words of Wonder. Contemplation on No-Coming and No-Going. This body is not me. I am not limited by this body, I am life without boundaries. I have never been born, and I have never died. Look at the ocean and the sky filled with stars, manifestations from my wondrous true mind.
