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Practice the Pause : Jesus' Contemplative Practice, New Brain Science, and What It Means to Be Fully Human.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : 1517 Media, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (337 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781506483092
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Practice the Pause: Jesus' Contemplative Practice, New Brain Science, and What It Means to Be Fully HumanDDC classification:
  • 248.3/4
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Contents:
Cover -- Practice the Pause -- Practice the Pause. Jesus' Contemplative Practice, New Brain Science, and What It Means to Be Fully Human -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Awakening The Heart -- Chapter 1. We Are Human, We Are Divine -- Chapter 2. It's Not "repent," It's Metanoia -- Chapter 3. The Jesus Formula: The Centering Pause Practice -- Awakening the Mind -- Chapter 4. Wired for Transformation: Our Brain and Our Mind -- Chapter 5. Flipping Your Lid: A Close-up Look -- Chapter 6. Contemplative Neuroscience: Confessions of a Closet Meditator -- Chapter 7. The Spiritual and the Secular: It's About Connection -- Awakening In The Wisdom Tradition -- Chapter 8. Jesus The Rabbi: First-century Jewish Spirituality -- Chapter 9. The Call of the Natural World in Jesus' Time and Now -- Chapter 10. Time Alone With God: Jesus Practicing the Pause -- Chapter 11. Contemplation in Action: Jesus Practicing Off the Mat -- Chapter 12. Between Fight and Flight: The Revolutionary Third Way of Jesus -- Chapter 13. Ancient/new Teachers: The Desert Mothers and Fathers -- Awakening Our Innermost Self -- Chapter 14. Just Being With God -- Chapter 15. Reading With God: When Scripture Shimmers -- Chapter 16. The New Lectio: Noticing and the Seven-second Pause -- Chapter 17. The Centering Pause: Nourishing the Roots of Our Essence -- Chapter 18. Centering Prayer: Divine Therapy for the Human Condition -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Combining exciting developments in brain science and ancient contemplative tradition, spiritual director Caroline Oakes offers new perspectives on the revolutionary potential of Jesus's contemplative practice, demonstrating how engaging these practices can rewire our brains to be less reactive, more self-aware, and more compassionate.
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Cover -- Practice the Pause -- Practice the Pause. Jesus' Contemplative Practice, New Brain Science, and What It Means to Be Fully Human -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Awakening The Heart -- Chapter 1. We Are Human, We Are Divine -- Chapter 2. It's Not "repent," It's Metanoia -- Chapter 3. The Jesus Formula: The Centering Pause Practice -- Awakening the Mind -- Chapter 4. Wired for Transformation: Our Brain and Our Mind -- Chapter 5. Flipping Your Lid: A Close-up Look -- Chapter 6. Contemplative Neuroscience: Confessions of a Closet Meditator -- Chapter 7. The Spiritual and the Secular: It's About Connection -- Awakening In The Wisdom Tradition -- Chapter 8. Jesus The Rabbi: First-century Jewish Spirituality -- Chapter 9. The Call of the Natural World in Jesus' Time and Now -- Chapter 10. Time Alone With God: Jesus Practicing the Pause -- Chapter 11. Contemplation in Action: Jesus Practicing Off the Mat -- Chapter 12. Between Fight and Flight: The Revolutionary Third Way of Jesus -- Chapter 13. Ancient/new Teachers: The Desert Mothers and Fathers -- Awakening Our Innermost Self -- Chapter 14. Just Being With God -- Chapter 15. Reading With God: When Scripture Shimmers -- Chapter 16. The New Lectio: Noticing and the Seven-second Pause -- Chapter 17. The Centering Pause: Nourishing the Roots of Our Essence -- Chapter 18. Centering Prayer: Divine Therapy for the Human Condition -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

Combining exciting developments in brain science and ancient contemplative tradition, spiritual director Caroline Oakes offers new perspectives on the revolutionary potential of Jesus's contemplative practice, demonstrating how engaging these practices can rewire our brains to be less reactive, more self-aware, and more compassionate.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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