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Contemplation is a collection of 18 pieces of short prose by Franz Kafka, and was published late in the year of 1912. This was Kafka's first published book, and was picked up by publishing house Rowohlt, which at the time was quite young. The small collection bears the dedication For M.B., for Kafka's friend Max Brod.
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* Children on the Country Road
* Unmasking of a Trickster
* The Sudden Walk
* Resolutions
* The Excursion to the Mountains...
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We live in a time where activity and noise are the prevalent elements in society. We are inundated with information and technology that influence and determine the direction of our lives. But is the path you're on, the path that is fuelling your spirit and soul?
Contemplation is a collection of spiritual practices within mystical prayer that can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary and in some way cultivate a sense of awareness of the divine...
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It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining brightly, and a gentle breeze was blowing through the meadow. A young raccoon had been playing in the meadow and was having fun. As this perfect day was coming to a close, he was called by his grandma that it was time to come in for dinner. As he went to his grandparents' house, he saw his grandpa looking out in the distance very thoughtfully. He wondered what Grandpa was doing and what was he looking at....
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In the Sixties, Merton invited a group of contemplative women -- cut off by inflexible rules from any analysis of important movements in the Church and the world -- to make a retreat with him at his abbey in Kentucky. What he and they said on such themes as "Zen, a Way of Living Life Directly," "Prophetic Choices," and "The Feminine Mystique," is the text of this book.
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Eucharistic adoration is part of Catholic tradition. In many parts of the world, perpetual adoration is flourishing as never before. Presented here for any who respect the Blessed Sacrament, the reflections found in Eucharistic Contemplation provide a distinct style for prayer and veneration. Eucharistic Contemplation is not another book of eucharistic devotions" as has been the style for the past few centuries. The prayers are not directed to Jesus...
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When I began to have a closer relationship with God and to study the Bible, these poems seemed to just start flowing; I had to get them down on paper before I forgot something. I became a Christian at the age of thirteen, and I know God has always been with me through all the ups, downs, and disasters of my life. But until I started wanting a deeper relationship with Him, He was just there when I called, waiting on me to want to be closer to Him....
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Sufi Meditation and Contemplation offers fresh translations of three classic Sufi texts from Mughal India: The Alms Bowl of Shaykh Kalimullah Shajehanabadi, The Compass of Truth by Dara Shikoh, and Treatise on the Human Body attributed to Mu'in al-Din Chishti.
These texts elucidate meditation practices and the resulting effects. All three come from the Mughal era in India, which witnessed a flowering of Sufism in innovative personalities, diverse...
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Frank Terence McCarthy spent 1961 in Thailand as a company commander in an Army Engineer Construction Battalion living in the jungle 55 miles east of Bangkok near a village called Panoum Sarakham. This was a maturing experience since he was father/mother to 200 troops, half of whom got "Dear Johns." In Thailand, he met the person who probably most made a difference in his life, a Redemptorist missionary priest, Father Ray Brennan (a former photographer...
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