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“With practice, you can develop the habit of praying silent ‘breath prayers'”
\nRick Warren<\/strong>, from his web site<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, pastors.com<\/p>\n

“[U]se ‘breath prayers’<\/span><\/a><\/strong>throughout the day, as many Christians have done for centuries. You choose a brief sentence or a simple phrase that can be repeated to Jesus in one breath.” Rick Warren, Purpose-Driven Life<\/em>, p. 89.<\/p>\n

“I built myself a prayer room–a tiny sanctuary in a basement closet filled with books on spiritual disciplines, contemplative prayer, and Christian mysticism. In that space I lit candles, burned incense, hung rosaries, and listened to tapes of Benedictine monks. I meditated for hours on words, images, and sounds. I reached the point of being able to achieve alpha brain patterns…” Mike Perschon, Youth Specialties <\/span><\/strong><\/a>, December 2004<\/p>\n

“Choose a sacred word or phrase. Consistently use the same word throughout the prayer. Begin silently to repeat your sacred word or phrase” Mark Yaconelli<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Pick out a word or two. Tell your children to sit quietly and repeat the word in their heads – not thinking about the word, just repeating it.” >Pope John Paul<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

“… a little phrase that Love inspires,” letting a word, phrase or image repeat itself quietly deep inside us as we go through our daily activities.” Gerald May (Shalem Institute)<\/p>\n

“What works for me is a combination of disciplines: I do yoga, tai chi which is a Chinese martial art and three kinds of meditation – vipasana, transcendental and mantra (sound) meditation.” Jack Canfield<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, Chicken Soup for the Soul<\/em><\/p>\n

“Alpha<\/span><\/strong><\/a> is the springboard for all psychic and magical workings. It is the heart of witchcraft”. Lori Cabot, Power Of The Witch<\/em><\/p>\n

“The quiet repetition of a single word can help us to descend with the mind into the heart.” Henri Nouwen<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“When we go to the center of our being and pass through that center into the very center of God we get in immediate touch with this divine creating energy … that the divine energy may have the freedom to forward the evolution of consciousness in us and through us, as a part of the whole, in the whole of the creation.” M. Basil Pennington<\/p>\n

“This mystical stream [contemplative prayer and other monastic traditions] is the Western bridge to Far Eastern spirituality.” Tilden Edwards<\/span><\/a><\/strong> (Shalem Institute)<\/p>\n

“We’re rediscovering Christianity as an Eastern religion, as a way of life.” Rob Bell, Teaching Pastor Mars Hill Bible Church, from “The Emergent Mystique<\/span><\/strong><\/a>,” CT<\/p>\n

“Contemplative prayer is nothing other than coming into consciousness of what is already there [divinity in all].” Brennan Manning<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, The Signature of Jesus <\/em><\/p>\n

“Spiritual ecstasy. The third phase of contemplative prayer … a supernatural trance state …”
\nCharisma magazine, Oct. 2004<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“When I started on the path of witch, my teachers stressed to me the importance of meditation. Not only is it a skill that witches should learn to help with spells and rituals, but meditation all by itself is quite magickal.” Christopher Penczak<\/p>\n

“I began practicing meditation, specifically breath prayer, once again. I integrated the use of Tai Chi and yoga” John Michael Talbot<\/span><\/a><\/strong>,Interview with Christianity Today 10\/22\/2001<\/p>\n

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