Contemplative

The Importance of Contemplative Practices in an Academic Environment (pt. 1) Contemplative practices can take several forms, including meditation, prayers, and certain physical exercises such as yoga. Before taking Education in the USA, I had spent very little time participating in these practices except for the occasional yoga session my former tennis coach would instruct me to attend. However, these were cases of me “superficially” participating in that practice. Since participating in our Wednesday

Hamlet I, who came to confront Hamlet that he was murdered by Claudius. Hamlet is given the task to plot revenge against Claudius for his evil deed. In the tragedy, Hamlet is recognized for being contemplative as he experiences a series of critical decisions that can only be answered with uncertainty. Contemplative is shown when Hamlet endures internal struggles

Contemplative practice, as described above, can be found in other traditions from the Hindu Yogic tradition to Judaism to Christianity (Sharples, 2003). “Mandalas (are) ancient objects of meditation for Hindus and Tibetan Buddhists that were adapted for contemplation in medieval Christianity” (Broomfield, 1997, p. 81). In the Hindu Yogic tradition, heavy emphasis is placed on the concentrative nature and importance of meditation to restore calm, well-being and understanding (Gunaratana, 1991). He

Introduction According to Thomas Keating, “Contemplative prayer is a conversation initiated by God and leading, if we consent to a divine union. It is the way to pure faith.” Unlike with vocal prayers, in which we call out to God asking for things we need, with contemplative prayer our role is to allow God to be God. In other words, God directs Contemplative prayer, His grace opens our hearts and minds to the His presence inside us. Consequently, contemplative prayer begins with a centering prayer

continue to develop practices to help us understand our clients better through their spirituality, which is the focus in the article “Contemplative Spaces in Social Work Practice,” by Carolyn Jacobs. In many religions, service to others has been seen as a spiritual practice. Some values of religion, including

Allegorizations of the Active and Contemplative Lives in Philo, Origen, Augustine, and Gregory This paper examines the allegorical interpretations given to several Scriptural pairs as they relate to the idea of the active and contemplative lives in Philo, Origen, Augustine, and Gregory. As will be shown, Augustine combines elements found in the two previous writers to form his allegory of the two wives of Jacob as representative of the active and contemplative lives. In Philo, most of the essential

session during a week of 24 hour daily prayer at our local church, something of the crisis of church in the C21st penetrated my soul. The church rector cried out on behalf of a church in decline. I took note. I had begun to explore the mystical and contemplative tradition of my faith and signed up for Ignatian Spiritual Direction training. I joined with a Christian business colleague to lead a small gathering of women who do not relate to church but who wanted to explore their spirituality. Embarking

“The emphases of the new orders ranged from strict devotion to the contemplative life at one end of a continuum to intentional activism in the world at the other. (Noll 194)” The new orders ranged from strict devotion to the contemplative life at one end to intentional activism. #18 Critical Response (from The Founding of the Jesuits) My Statement: Loyola was so greatly affected by literature that

In Book 10 of Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle argues that the good life is really the contemplative and philosophical life. Before making these claims, he explains how happiness relates to the good life. Happiness is something that humans look for by themselves. In a way happiness is its own virtue and because of this, happiness has to be the highest ranked virtue. Because it is the best virtue, happiness must belong to the most intelligent beings in our society. The most intelligent beings in our

Conflicting Lifestyles When comparing the contemplative lifestyle to the moral virtuous lifestyle, one finds the differences to rest on the three types of good: goods of the body, external goods, and goods of the soul. One conflict comes between leading a courageous, brave life and desiring happiness. To explain the aforementioned I feel it necessary to define true courage. It seems true courage revolves around death. Not every kind of death is considered noble, for example death from