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2. Christian meditation - Wikipedia

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   Modern Christian teachings on meditation at times include specific criticism of the Transcendental Meditation technique, e.g. John Bertram Phillips stated that Christian meditation involves the action of the Holy Spirit on biblical passages and warned of approaches that "disengage the mind" from scripture. [33]

3. Lectio Divina - Wikipedia

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   The role of the Holy Spirit in contemplative prayer has been emphasized by Christian spiritual writers for centuries. In the 12th century, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux compared the Holy Spirit to a kiss by the Eternal Father which allows the practitioner of contemplative prayer to experience union with God. [35]

4. Christian mysticism - Wikipedia

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   Meditation is an activity of one's spirit by reading or otherwise, while contemplation is a spontaneous activity of that spirit. In meditation, man's imaginative and thinking power exert some effort. Contemplation then follows to relieve man of all effort. Contemplation is the soul's inward vision and the heart's simple repose in God. [73]

5. Hesychasm - Wikipedia

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   Meditation. Meditation; ... Christian monasticism started with the legalisation of Christianity in the 4th century. [5] ... Holy Spirit is a doer of theosis, because ...

6. Holy Spirit in Christianity - Wikipedia

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   However, many Christian denominations hold that the Baptism with the Holy Spirit is identical with conversion, and that all Christians are by definition baptized in the Holy Spirit. The " seven gifts of the Holy Spirit " [ 109 ] are poured out on a believer at baptism , and are traditionally derived from Isaiah 11:1–2, [ 117 ] although the ...

7. Aspects of Christian meditation - Wikipedia

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   [4] [5] The document warns of fundamental errors in combining Christian and non-Christian styles of meditation. Referring to the constitution Dei verbum the document emphasizes that all Christian prayer and meditation should "proceed to converge on Christ" and be guided by the gift of the Holy Spirit. It reaffirmed that the Church recommends ...