Hey Christian, and Christian adjacent Buffistas. Were there Christian orders that did meditation in something close to the Buddhist sense? That is doing some form of meditation or prayer ritual or whatever that resulted in highly altered states of consciousness, ideally altered states that were believed to have profound mystical and religious significance?
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Typo Boy - Aug 25, 2012 10:00:24 pm PDT #19420 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Strix - Aug 25, 2012 10:03:32 pm PDT #19421 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Dan is in bed, I am tipsy and smonster is on the patio, talking. It was a fun party.
40 is fun so far!
Typo Boy - Aug 25, 2012 10:05:23 pm PDT #19422 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Happy Birthday STrix, and good for your having fun.
Pix - Aug 25, 2012 10:17:51 pm PDT #19423 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STRIX!
beth b - Aug 25, 2012 10:38:40 pm PDT #19424 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Happy birthday strix
Strix - Aug 25, 2012 11:00:16 pm PDT #19425 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hee; thanks, guys!!
Anne W. - Aug 26, 2012 2:42:36 am PDT #19426 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Were there Christian orders that did meditation in something close to the Buddhist sense? That is doing some form of meditation or prayer ritual or whatever that resulted in highly altered states of consciousness, ideally altered states that were believed to have profound mystical and religious significance?
Typo, I can't recall if the practice is associated with a particular order or not (I think so, but would have to double check), but Teresa of Avila definitely practiced and taught that sort of prayer.
Connie Neil - Aug 26, 2012 3:15:20 am PDT #19427 of 30001
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Typo, what Anne said. I don't think there were any orders as such that practiced that level of meditation, but there were several saints that followed an ecstatic path. Some of the hermetic mystic sorts also used a trance state. I think in the Christian tradition, that sort of altered state is considered a visitation of God on/to the individual, not something that was pursued as a group. The mystics would have acolytes who waited to transcribe the visions and would tend to the mystic's needs.
Look for saints classified under mystics or visionaries.
meara - Aug 26, 2012 3:43:17 am PDT #19428 of 30001
Ugh. It is too early to be at the airport. Especially on a Sunday. And my tummy is rebelling.
smonster - Aug 26, 2012 4:15:09 am PDT #19429 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Ugh. It is too early to be at the airport. Especially on a Sunday. And my tummy is rebelling.
What she said. I'm not at the airport yet, but soon.
What a delightful party! I really enjoyed meeting Strix's friends and her sister. As one might expect, they were witty and funny and friendly. I attained the perfect level of drunkenness, and stuck to my goal of smoking one ceremonial clove cigarette in the birthday girl's honor.
B showed up, that is who I was talking to. Stayed up way too late talking and then making out, which was great fun. Such an odd duck, that one. I'm glad to have reached a kind of peace with that one, because he's a good friend (if completely unreliable) and an EXCELLENT kisser.