Lectio Divina – Divine Reading – Prayerfully Reading the Bible
“Divine Reading” refers to a specific practice. The next time you feel God leading you to read the Bible, but you do not know how to start, try Lectio Divina.
Aristotle – Happiness Is Co-extensive with Contemplative Speculation
Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics Happiness then is co-extensive with this Contemplative Speculation
What I Must Do – Not What I Must Know – Kierkegaard
Seeing what the Deity really wants me to do; the thing is to find a truth which is truth for me, to find the idea for which I am willing to live and die.
Who Has the Aptitude for Contemplative Work?
The one who experiences God working in the depths of his spirit has the aptitude for contemplation and no one else.
Who Should Take up Contemplation?
These people, even if they have at one time been habitual sinners, should devote themselves to nourishing the grace of contemplative prayer.
Contemplative Prayer and the Counterfeits
And now we come to the difference between the contemplative work and its counterfeits such as daydreaming, fantasizing, or subtle reasoning. These originate in a conceited, curious, or romantic mind whereas the blind stirring of love springs from a sincere and humble heart. mythoughts, thoughts of God, thoughtsofgod, David Reese Cloud of Unknowing, Unknown Author