The Center for Contemplative Practice
A Lay Cistercian Looks at Spiritual Reality

September 2021

Stone-walled, dim room with warm light and large text: “Come and Rest” above a verse inviting weary souls to find rest in Me.

TECHNIQUES I USE TO LISTEN TO JESUS.

This conversation with you is the third in my sharing of HOW I do Lay Cistercian spirituality, as I know it. All of these conversations (I used to call them blogs, but that sounds so nerdy) are my thinking with occasional help from Grok. IV. FIVE LEVELS OF SPIRITUAL AWARENESS Reading the Word in Holy […]

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Stone-walled, dim room with warm light and large text: “Come and Rest” above a verse inviting weary souls to find rest in Me.

SEEING JESUS: THE PLACE WHERE NO ONE WANTS TO LOOK

This is the second in a series on Techniques I use to be present to Jesus when I am in the presence of Christ in the upper room of my inner self. These ideas are mine, supported by Grok. I. The Mystery of Faith II. DUAL CITIZENSHIP: TWO WAYS TO LOOK AT REALITY THE WORLD […]

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