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Thoughts Matter: The Practice of the Spiritual Life
Practical guidance on dealing with the daily challenges facing every
spiritual seeker....written for those who seriously seek a significant
relationship with God, Thoughts Matter: The Practice of the Spiritual Life explores the thought of the early
Christian desert tradition exemplified in the writing of John Cassian (b.356),
and especially his major works, The Conferences and The Institutes.
The author provides a detailed analysis of Cassian's work, and that of the early
Christian movement, and then examines in turn the most pressing issues that face
our daily lives and are most clearly linked to the practice of the spiritual
life: gluttony, sexual incontinence, dependence on material goods, anger,
dejection, weariness of soul, self-aggrandizement, and pride.
Meg shows how prayer and practice provide a disciplining of the mind, whereby
these negative thoughts are not resisted but laid out for our understanding.
Through prayerfully analyzing these thoughts, it is possible to move beyond
struggle and to move the mind beyond all images, concepts or ideas about God to
move toward pure prayer.
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