The Contemplative Path

The Contemplative Path

You Can't Skip the Intermediate Stages

Chapter 46 in The Cloud of Unknowing

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Beth Bradford
Jul 03, 2022
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I used to teach an advanced yoga class on Friday nights. There were few people who would attend, and they could endure the more rigorous sequences required to melt the body into the “peak pose.”

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