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- Labyrinths
- Enneagrams
- Prayer Stations
- Breath Prayers
- Jesus Candles
- The Jesus Prayer
- Lectio Divina
- Taize
- Palms Up, Palms Down
- Yoga
- The Silence
- Sacred Space
- Ancient Prayer Practices
- A Thin Place
- Divine Mystery
- Spiritual Direction
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- Ignation Contemplation
- Contemplative
- Centering
- Centering prayer
- Prayer of the Heart
- Dark night of the soul
- Practicing the Presence
- Divine Center
- Inner light
- Mantra
- Awareness of Being
- Slow Prayer
- Being in the Present Moment
- Beyond Words
- Spiritual Disciplines
- Spiritual Formation
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Many of these terms are considered "inside"
terms according to many contemplatives, such as Youth Specialties
writer, Michael Perschon. On April 16th, 2006, Youth Specialties
issued
an article by Perschon that coincidentally illustrates
the very thing we are saying here.
"Fitness buffs have an inside language.
The really serious ones like to use proper anatomy terms,
like gluteus maximus instead of bum. They still mean bum
but, like most experts, enjoy having some special knowledge
others don't have. People who practice contemplative prayer
are often no different. Like any other practice, contemplative
prayer has its own inside language, which is clear to the
initiated but means little to outsiders. Much of the writing
on contemplative prayer uses this inside language."—Michael
Perschon, Contemplative Prayer Practices
See Perschon's other
articles on contemplative prayer.
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