InterSpiritual Meditation : a seven-step process drawn from the world's spiritual traditions

by Edward W. Bastian

Other authorsNetanel Miles-Yepez (Editor)

Paperback, 2015

Publication

Imprint: Boulder, Colorado : Albion Andalus, 2015. Context: Originally published by Spirit Paths Publishing, 2010. Edition: Revised edition. Responsibility: Edward W. Bastian, edited by Netanel Miles-Yepez. OCLC Number: 1057615213. Physical: xx, 228 pages : charts ; 22 cm. Features: Includes appendices, bibliography references.

Call number

Meditation / Basti

Barcode

BK-07510

ISBN

9780692378434

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Religious Studies

CSS Library Notes

Description: This book offers a seven-part meditation process that can be practiced alone, in the company of people from one tradition, or especially, with people from many different traditions. It is designed to help you develop a foundation for health, inner peace, wisdom and compassion; and its purpose is to foster these sacred qualities in group practice, bringing about a shared experience of the sacred which may bring a little more harmony into our divided world, and in our own personal lives. It is called InterSpiritual Meditation because it draws together the key components of the meditative and contemplative processes found in many of the world's religions. Indeed, it is nothing more than a distillation of intentions and practices drawn from the ancient wisdom traditions, which it is hoped, may bring us truly together in an InterSpiritual Consciousness. "The interfaith world is long on talk and short on practice. While we are eager to learn each other's spiritual practices, what we need is a practice that transcends our respective traditions and engages us in a more inclusive pursuit of awakening. Ed Bastian's Interspiritual Meditation offers us just that."--Rabbi Rami Shapiro, author of Open Secrets: The Letters of Reb Yerachmiel ben Yisrael "While Buddhists may have problems with the concept of God and Christians may have problems with the concept that it's okay to pray for one's personal happiness, all concepts disappear when one enters the deeper waters of meditation-and that's just what this book helps us to do, in an open-hearted and truly universal way. If ever there was a practice to help us all get spiritually unstuck, this is it." - Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault, author of Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening.

Contents:
Part I. Meditation & InterSpirituality --
Part II. The Process of Interspiritual Meditation --
Part III. Resources for InterSpiritual Meditation. Meditation: Process & Practice --
Religion, Spirituality & InterSpirituality --
Process of InterSpiritual Meditation --
Getting Started --
Step One: Motiviation --
Step Two: Gratitude --
Step Three: Transformation --
Step Four: Compassion --
Step Five: Mindfulness --
Step Six: Meditation --
Step Seven: Dedication --
Introduction --
Beginning Your InterSpritual Meditation Practice --
Cultivating Tranquil Focus & Transcendental Insight / Edward W. Bastian --
Finding Intimacy with God / Father Thomas Keating --
Breath Within the Breath / Yogi Nataraja Kallio --
Elemental Purification Breaths / Pri Zia Inayat-Khan --
Breathing the Divine Name / Rabbi Jeff Roth --
Breath of Tao / Kenneth Cohen --
Appendix A: Via Positiva and Via Negativa --
Appendix B: Way-Points on the Contemplative Journey --
Appendix C: Working with Imagination & Bliss --
Appendix D: InterSpiritual Meditation Verses.

FY2017 /

Physical description

xx, 228 p.; 22 cm

Description

This book offers a seven-part meditation process that can be practiced alone, in the company of people from one tradition, or especially, with people from many different traditions. It is designed to help you develop a foundation for health, inner peace, wisdom and compassion; and its purpose is to foster these sacred qualities in group practice, bringing about a shared experience of the sacred which may bring a little more harmony into our divided world, and in our own personal lives. It is called InterSpiritual Meditation because it draws together the key components of the meditative and contemplative processes found in many of the world's religions. Indeed, it is nothing more than a distillation of intentions and practices drawn from the ancient wisdom traditions, which it is hoped, may bring us truly together in an InterSpiritual Consciousness."The interfaith world is long on talk and short on practice. While we are eager to learn each other's spiritual practices, what we need is a practice that transcends our respective traditions and engages us in a more inclusive pursuit of awakening. Ed Bastian's Interspiritual Meditation offers us just that."- Rabbi Rami Shapiro, author of Open Secrets: The Letters of Reb Yerachmiel ben Yisrael"While Buddhists may have problems with the concept of God and Christians may have problems with the concept that it's okay to pray for one's personal happiness, all concepts disappear when one enters the deeper waters of meditation-and that's just what this book helps us to do, in an open-hearted and truly universal way. If ever there was a practice to help us all get spiritually unstuck, this is it."- Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault, author of Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening… (more)