02737nam 2200601 a 450 991082010330332120240514020302.00-19-983151-31-283-13648-197866131364800-19-970263-2(CKB)2670000000095371(EBL)728787(OCoLC)732052483(SSID)ssj0000525953(PQKBManifestationID)12213792(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525953(PQKBWorkID)10508600(PQKB)10906997(MiAaPQ)EBC728787(Au-PeEL)EBL728787(CaPaEBR)ebr10477975(CaONFJC)MIL313648(OCoLC)667610134(FINmELB)ELB166010(EXLCZ)99267000000009537120100928d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA sunlit absence silence, awareness, and contemplation /by Martin LairdNew York Oxford University Press20111 online resource (209 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-537872-5 Includes bibliographical references.Introduction: hedgehogs and foxes -- Standing at the gate of the heart: on the practice of contemplation -- Our collection of videos -- The open porches of the mind: on silence and noise -- A sunlit absence: the light of awareness -- Sifted by boredom -- Creative disintegration: depression, panic, and awareness -- Sharp trials in the intellect -- "It don't work for me": prayers of petition and other practical problems.""The practice of contemplation is one of the great spiritual arts,"" writes Martin Laird in A Sunlit Absence. ""Not a technique but a skill, it harnesses the winds of grace that lead us out into the liberating sea of silence."" In this companion volume to his bestselling Into the Silent Land, Laird focuses on a quality often overlooked by books on Christian meditation: a vast and flowing spaciousness that embraces both silence and sound, and transcends all subject/object dualisms. Drawing on the wisdom of great contemplatives from St. Augustine and St. Teresa of Avila to St. Hesychios, SimoneContemplationSilenceReligious aspectsChristianityContemplation.SilenceReligious aspectsChristianity.248.3/4Laird M. S(Martin S.)1103233MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820103303321A sunlit absence3948106UNINA