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Light Within: Meditation as Pure Prayer

Name: Light Within: Meditation as Pure Prayer
Author: John Main
ISBN: 9781848254077

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This collection of talks on Christian meditation is full of practical advice and great spiritual insights in equal measure. It shows how discovering the presence of Christ within through meditative prayer can give shape and purpose to everything we do and are: our actions, emotions, fears, longings, failings and dreams. As John Main taught, the poi

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Christianity

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PublisherCanterbury Press

Release dateJan 26, 2013

ISBN9781848254077

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