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INTERFAITH CENTERING MEDITATION
& BOOK CLUB
We
are hosting these meetings on a
Love-Offering basis. You can join us
anytime! Please do!
Interfaith
Centering Group (approximately 3-3:30pm)
- Centering is an
Interfaith Contemplative Meditation
practice that focuses on the
inner-divine, the God-within.
Derived from the teachings of the
ancient middle eastern desert monks, it
is practiced with profound results by
people of all faiths: Christians,
Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus,
Taoists, New-Age believers, Pagans and
more.
No matter
what spiritual tradition you embrace,
if you are looking for a form of
meditation that focuses on the presence
and action of the God-within and leads to
divine-union, Centering Prayer is a
wonderful and effective practice to
explore!
"Contemplative
Prayer
is not something that can be achieved
through will, but rather is God’s gift.
It is the opening of mind and heart –
one’s whole being – to God.
Contemplative prayer is a process of
interior transformation. It is a
relationship initiated by God and
leading, if one consents, to divine
union."
-
Fr. Thomas Keating
Book Club
(approximately 2-3pm) -
Our book club has an Interfaith focus on
Spirituality, Mysticism, Meditation &
Contemplative Prayer in various
traditions. Contemplative prayer is
sometimes referred to as “Resting in
God” or simply “Resting in the
Presence”.
Beginning Easter Sunday, April 5th our
Book Club will begin discussing a new book:
New York Times and
International Bestseller!
Don't Believe Everything
You Think
(Expanded Edition)
Why Your Thinking Is the
Beginning
& End of Suffering
by Joseph Nguyen
Although
pain is inevitable, suffering is
optional.
This book offers
a completely new paradigm and
understanding of where our human
experience comes from, allowing us to
end our own suffering and create how we
want to feel at any moment.
In This Book,
You’ll Discover:
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The root cause of all
psychological and emotional
suffering and how to end it
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How to become
unaffected by negative thoughts and
feelings
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How to experience
unconditional love, peace, and joy
in the present, no matter your
external circumstances
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How to instantly
create a new experience of life if
you don’t like the one you’re in
right now
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How to break free
from negative thought loops
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How to let go of
anxiety, self-doubt, self-sabotage,
and self-destructive habits
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How to effortlessly
create from a state of abundance,
flow, and ease
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How to develop the
superpower of being okay with
uncertainty
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How to access your
intuition and inner wisdom beyond
the limitations of thinking
No matter what has happened to you,
where you are from, or what you have
done, you can still find total peace,
unconditional love, complete
fulfillment, and an abundance of joy in
your life. No person is an exception to
this. Darkness only exists because of
the light, which means even in our
darkest hour, light must exist.
Within these pages, you'll find
timeless wisdom to empower you with the
understanding of our mind's infinite
potential to create any experience of
life we want, regardless of external
circumstances.
Don't Believe Everything You Think is
not about rewiring your brain, rewriting
your past, or positive thinking. We
cannot solve our problems with the same
level of consciousness that created
them. Tactics are temporary. An
expansion of consciousness is permanent.
Click this Link to purchase the book on
Amazon
Zoom
Meeting ID for Book Club & Centering
Meditation Group
832 4591 6262
The Zoom
Meeting Link (stays the same every
week)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83245916262
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We host these meetings on a
Love-Offering basis.
If you wish to make a Love-Offering, any
amount is appreciated, you can do that
in-person at our center or go to
https://floweringheart.org/Donations.htm.
Be sure to read the
Book Club Guidelines & Centering
Guidelines below
If you are interested, email
michael@floweringheart.org, so I can
add you to the list.
GUIDELINES FOR BOOK CLUB & CENTERING
GROUP
We are all working together to
create a very special a sacred
space. So, whether you attend
in-person or via Zoom, we ask you to
agree to follow these Guidelines:
1. Unless you are speaking to the
group, please, keep your microphone
muted, maintain silence and
refrain from eating during the Book
Club or Centering Prayer (unless you
have a medical condition).
2. Turn off your phone ringer, and
do not text, email or read incoming
messages (unless you are an
emergency first-responder).
3. If you are viewing at home via
Zoom, be in a quiet room alone, if
possible, with
no pets or children or people who
are not engaged in the meeting. It would be best to close the
door.
4. Don't leave the room for kitchen
breaks, etc. Of course, a necessary
trip to the bathroom is fine.
5. Keep your microphone and camera
turned on throughout the meeting,
and eliminate music, extraneous
noises and distractions that would
detract from your experience and
that of others.
We ask you to follow these
guidelines so that everyone can have
a deeply sacred, transforming
experience.
Imagine you are in a Spiritual
Temple personally meeting with God.
Centering
Guidelines
1. Choose a sacred word (of one or two
syllables) as the symbol of
your intention to consent to God’s
presence and action within.
2. Sitting comfortably and with eyes closed, settle
briefly and silently introduce the
sacred word as the symbol of your
consent to God’s presence and action
within.
3. When engaged with your thoughts*, return
ever-so-gently to the sacred word.
4. At the end of the prayer period, remain in silence
with eyes closed for a couple of
minutes.
*thoughts
include body sensations, feelings,
images, and reflections
©
Keating, Thomas. Open
Mind, Open Heart 20th Anniversary
Edition, 2006.
For more details,
information & instructions on
Centering Prayer, go to:
https://floweringheart.org/CenteringPrayer.htm
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