The Contemplative Path

The Contemplative Path

Remove Thinking from Your Contemplation

Chapter 36 in The Cloud of Unknowing

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Beth Bradford
May 29, 2022
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Some religious and spiritual practices might whip us into an ecstatic state. Even some saints have described mystical experiences that might appear like a dream or vision. That’s not what the author describes to be contemplation. Even if our feeling about sin whips us into a mental frenzy, we remain calm and peaceful on the outside. 

Part of our “thinkin…

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