Prayer:
Finding the Heart's True Home
by Richard Foster
"Contemplatives
sometimes speak of their union with God by the analogy
of a log in a fire: the glowing log is so united with
the fire that it is fire ..."
"What
is the goal of Contemplative Prayer? ... union with God....
our final goal is union with God, which is a pure relationship
where we see nothing."
"Christians ... have developed two fundamental expressions
of Unceasing Prayer. The first ... is usually called aspiratory
prayer or breath prayer. The most famous of the breath
prayers is the Jesus Prayer. It is also possible to discover
your own individual breath prayer.... Begin praying your
breath prayer as often as possible."—Richard
Foster
