Christopher Boozell

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Author of upcoming book, 'Tantric Christianity', Christopher has been studying the world's major religious traditions most of his life. Tantric Christianity is aimed at making time tested meditation techniques of Buddhism accessible to modern Christian believers. He can be contacted through his website: http://www.TantricChristianity.com

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Sensation, Storyline and Meditation

"There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so." - William Shakespeare. With this well known quote, the Bard points to an important reality about human life: that our experience can be parsed in different ways, and one of the most useful is drawing a distinction betwee SENSATION and STORYLINE. Sensation is the mechanical transmission of a physical event to our awareness.

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Are There Special Mantras for Meditation?

Mantras have influenced thinking about meditation for a long time. That's not surprising: mantras are a time tested tool, helping people grow spiritually for thousands of years. But given the broad ignorance in the West about mantras and the wide variety of ways mantras are approached by meditation teachers, novice meditators (and some veterans, too!) will confront a confusing mix of information about how to use them in their own meditation practice.

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Is Meditation Biblical?

One of the first things most Christians want to know when they entertain the idea of beginning an interior practice is: is meditatio Biblical? In other words, can I engage in contemplative exercises while maintaining my fidelity to the Trinity? The quickest way to put this conce to rest is to actually refer to the book in question.

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How to Meditate

Meditation, the practice placing your attention upon a single point of focus, does not have to be a complicated exercise. True, there are contemplative modes which can be quite involved, requiring a strong capacity for focus in the meditator, but when we are working with calming and centering ...

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