[스크랩] 신비주의 크리스찬(?) 명상기법들

소위 "크리스찬(?) 명상" 기법을 정리해 놓은 뉴에이지 기독교(?) 사이트<<가 있습니다. (그들의 표현으로는 기독교 신비주의 christian mysticism 라고 합니다. 스타워즈, 나니아연대기, 도마복음을 증진하는 위험한 영지주의 사이트입니다.) 여기에는 요즘 이머징 처치가 수행하는 여러 명상 수행들이 소개되고 있습니다. 미로 명상도 있고, 바로 접신 상태로 들어가는 가장 위험한 구상화<<(Visualization)와 유도 명상(Guided Meditation), 명상 중에 예수와 대화하는("talk" with him and listen to his responses) Kything(내 영을 다른 영과 만나도록 하는 spirit-to-spirit connection to present your soul to another 기법이라고 한다) 등도 나와 있습니다. 이 모든 기법들은 소위 "임재로 들어가는(Entering into Presence)" 신비체험을 위한 수행들입니다. 과연 누구의 임재냐?가 관건이겠지요.

 

 

물론 호흡기도/만트라와 관상도 나와 있습니다. 이 부분만 뽑아 올립니다.

 

Traditional Meditation techniques: (전통적 명상기법)

 

Repetitive techniques (반복적 기법) —Repetitive methods have the advantage of being relatively easy. The calm repetition of a word, phrase, or short petition calms the mind, and allows one to begin entering the sacred Presence of God.

• Breath prayers(숨기도/호흡기도 - 릭워렌도 증진)—Many possibilities, silent or softly spoken. I breathe in Your peace, and breathe out my worry, for example. These can often be done with physical exercise, such as walking, yoga, or tai chi.
• Mantra(만트라 - 呪文)—A prayer that quietly, slowly, mindfully repeats a prayer phrase or word, like "Maranatha," (Fr. John Main) or "My God and my All" (St. Francis). Many mantras are also breath prayers, silently spoken with the rhythm of the breath.
• the Jesus Prayer(예수기도)—Perhaps the most time-honored Christian mantra prayer, practiced in the Eastern Churches for about 1600 years. There are many variations, ranging from: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner," to simply the name of Jesus. Traditionally, one progresses in this discipline in three stages: praying it out loud, praying it silently with the breath, and praying it in the heart.
• Rosary prayer(묵주기도)—the most popular rosary (the Dominican rosary) reflects on fifteen scenes from the life of Christ, with repetitions of several prayers. It's probably best done with visualization. There are other rosaries as well, such as the Dalriadian rosary, the Fiat rosary, the Divine Mercy Chaplet and the Franciscan Crown, the Anglican rosary, and Eastern Orthodox prayer beads. Even Buddhists, Hindus, and Muslims use prayer beads for the meditative repetition of mantras, or the names of God.

Contemplative techniques(관상기법) — These usually require a quiet place. "Contemplation" in Christian meditation traditions has a meaning quite different from its everyday meaning of "mulling things over." Contemplation literally means "time together" and time together with God is the beginning and the end of contemplation.

• Slow prayer(느린 기도)—St. Teresa of Ávila recommended this technique to another nun: Pray the Lord's Prayer, but take an hour to pray it. Spend a few minutes entering into each individual phrase, until it becomes truly the prayer of your heart, and you become the prayer.
• Contemplative Prayer, or Contemplation(관상기도 또는 관상)—just quietly, lovingly being completely with God. This is probably the hardest kind of meditative prayer, because you're not seeking any experience, thought, word, or feeling for yourself, just Him alone. The idea in contemplation is to just be, and just love, without "meditating" per se, or even thinking. And in just being with and loving God, you will spend "quality time" with God, the source of your being. The source par excellence on the subject is the spiritual classic, The Cloud of Unknowing.

• Awareness of Being(존재의 자각)—this is the method suggested by the outstanding sequel to the Cloud, The Book of Privy Counseling. Begin with simple awareness that you are, that you exist, here and now. Sense your own being, and rest in it. The second stage is this: as you become fully aware of your being, realize that God is your being, and rest in awareness of his being, your shared being. (This is one of my favorite methods.)

• Centering Prayer(향심기도) —Popular in many Catholic circles—it's a specific technique of contemplative prayer which uses a short "prayer word" such as "God," "love," "Spirit," or "Jesus" to quiet the mind when distracting thoughts intrude. Another technique is to use a mental image as the "prayer word."
• Lectio Divina(렉시오 디비나)—(pronounced lekt-see-o di-vee-na) "Spiritual reading" of the scriptures or any other spiritual writings. This is a combination method which has been practiced for centuries by Benedictine and Trappist monks and nuns. The four steps of lectio divina tie together Scripture reading, prayer, visualization and contemplation. Usually a very short passage is recommended, a sentence at most, and perhaps only a word.
  • Reading (lectio)—slowly until you reach a verse, or perhaps even just a word that speaks to you.
  • Praying (oratio)—repeating it prayerfully, slowing, invoking God's help and presence in "entering in."
  • Meditation (meditatio)—This can be many different things, from "slow prayer" to visualization. If the passage is a scene from the Gospels, for instance, you might picture yourself talking with Christ or other figures in the scene. If the passage is a simple word, slow prayer and merging with the word might be your meditatio.
  • Contemplation (contemplatio)—resting quietly and lovingly in God. See contemplation, above.

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