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Leading Millions Astray through Contemplative Spirituality
(For more research on Richard Foster's teachings, click here.)
"Spend
some time this week listening to contemplative music designed to
quiet you, settle you, deepen you. (Compact discs and tapes from
the Taize Community, John Michael Talbot, and the Monks of Weston
Priory are especially helpful.)" From
Renovare's Perspective Newsletter
What
is the Taize Community?
"Taize is an ecumenical sung and silent participatory prayer
service designed to achieve a contemplative state through music, song
and silence."
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Contemplative Spirituality: A belief system that
uses ancient mystical practices to induce altered states of consciousness
(the silence) and is rooted in mysticism and the occult but often wrapped
in Christian terminology. The premise of contemplative spirituality
is pantheistic (God is all) and panentheistic (God is in all). Common
terms used for this movement are "spiritual formation," "the
silence," "the stillness," "ancient-wisdom,"
"spiritual disciplines," and many others.
Spiritual Formation: A movement that has provided a platform and a channel through which contemplative prayer is entering the church. Find spiritual formation being used, and in nearly every case you will find contemplative spirituality. In fact, contemplative spirituality is the heartbeat of the spiritual formation movement. |
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