Posts Tagged ‘prayer’

Meditating through Depression – 2

Written by john on November 15th, 2008
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Here are more journal excerpts from many years ago about my first experiences working with meditation to deal with depression. Unlike Revellian, as he explains so well in a recent comment here, I have not so far cultivated meditation as a long-term practice and discipline. Nevertheless, from these first [...]

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Healing Sound and Depression

Written by john on August 16th, 2008
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Have you heard it, felt it? In the sound of a human voice there may come a wave of healing. Of course, it could also be a scarring knife edge or shriek of pain that can hurt or terrify, but here I want to talk about the power of [...]

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Spiritual Paths to Healing – 2

Written by john on May 10th, 2008
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I’ve found that there is a longing for spiritual closeness just as there is a longing for an emotional bonding to another human being. But it is a form of longing, of human need, that I spent years ignoring. I’ve written here about longings arising from depression and [...]

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