First Sight
The Experience of Faith
1st Edition
Published on 7. January 2011
168 pages
978-1-4411-4381-5 (ISBN)
Description
In his latest book, Laurence Freeman shows that the basic experience of contemplation is the experience of faith and that we all need to develop this in order to become fully human. We are all capable of it - indeed we are designed for it.
Freeman re-defines faith for our secular age. He draws on his wide experience and travels in the modern world to show how a new sense of the spiritual dimension can transform the way we approach education, business, mental health, the environment, inter-religious dialogue and our view of ourselves in society.
Moving from this new vision and fresh thinking, illustrated vividly from his own life experience, he leads to practice. Meditation, he shows, offers an accessible and attractive antidote to the current cult of speed and distraction. He does not deny that this needs discipline but because it is radically simple it is a path that all can integrate.
First Sight is the sequel to Laurence Freeman's acclaimed book Jesus: the Teacher Within.
Freeman re-defines faith for our secular age. He draws on his wide experience and travels in the modern world to show how a new sense of the spiritual dimension can transform the way we approach education, business, mental health, the environment, inter-religious dialogue and our view of ourselves in society.
Moving from this new vision and fresh thinking, illustrated vividly from his own life experience, he leads to practice. Meditation, he shows, offers an accessible and attractive antidote to the current cult of speed and distraction. He does not deny that this needs discipline but because it is radically simple it is a path that all can integrate.
First Sight is the sequel to Laurence Freeman's acclaimed book Jesus: the Teacher Within.
Reviews / Votes
Author article in The Tablet Reviewed in The Irish Catholic. Featured in the "new titles just published" section in Church Times. Mentioned in Fairacres Chronicle, Vo. 44 No.2. Fr Freeman's book is a joy to read. Here is autobiography, with enough detail to make it real, but without getting bogged down in personal stuff... Every meditator will benefit from reading this book, no matter how long or short a time he or she has been at it.More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-4381-5 (9781441143815)
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Book
01/2011
Continuum Publishing Corporation
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Person
Laurence Freeman is a Benedictine monk of the Monastery of Monte Oliveto Maggiore and Director of The World Community for Christian Meditation. His books include Light Within, Web of Silence, Common Ground and Jesus: The Teacher Within.
Content
Introduction \ 1. Understanding Faith \ 2. Process and Lifestyle \ 3. The Power of Faith \ 4. Stages of Faith: Purgation \ 5. Stages of Faith: Illumination \ 6. Stages of Faith: Union \ 7. Christian Faith \ 8. Unity \ Appendix: Starting to Meditate
