New York Open Center » Christianity http://www.opencenter.org New York's Leading Center of Holistic Learning and World Culture Fri, 18 May 2012 19:41:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Theosis: The True Purpose of Life http://www.opencenter.org/theosis-the-true-purpose-of-life/ http://www.opencenter.org/theosis-the-true-purpose-of-life/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:22:42 +0000 lesleyr http://www.opencenter.org/?p=7770 April 29, 201210:00 AMto4:00 PM

**Please note this class has been canceled.  Robin Amis will be teaching a LIVE ONLINE WEBINAR on Sundays, July 15, August 5 & 26 from 1-3pm EDT on Early Church Spirituality of the Heart.**

Robin Amis

In this workshop, Robin Amis will describe how the early saints of the Christian Church defined a spiritual path whose goal was Theosis, the divinization of man— the God given purpose of human life. Drawing on the teachings of early Church Fathers, including Saint Paul and Saint Gregory Palamas, as well as the current abbot of one of Mount Athos’ great monasteries, Robin Amis will introduce us to this long forgotten spiritual-psychological method to help us put this original Christian teaching into practice. We will learn highly effective ways to control our attention, free ourselves from the overactive psyche, direct our awareness inward, and still our thoughts until we can perceive the kardia (the spiritual heart of our being), and learn about the process of purification and inner illumination that eventually leads to theosis.

A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
Sunday, April 29, 10am–4pm
12WSC25S
Members: $85 / Nonmembers: $95
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]]> http://www.opencenter.org/theosis-the-true-purpose-of-life/feed/ 0 Christian Spirituality of the Heart: Rediscovering Inner Christianity http://www.opencenter.org/christian-spirituality-of-the-heart-rediscovering-inner-christianity/ http://www.opencenter.org/christian-spirituality-of-the-heart-rediscovering-inner-christianity/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:18:31 +0000 lesleyr http://www.opencenter.org/?p=7768 April 27, 20127:30 PM

**Please note this class has been canceled.  Robin Amis will be teaching a LIVE ONLINE WEBINAR on Sundays, July 15, August 5 & 26 from 1-3pm EDT on Early Church Spirituality of the Heart.**

Robin Amis

In this presentation, Robin Amis will introduce the “lost” spiritual tradition of the first Christian Millennium, still practiced in the monastic communities of Mount Athos, the Holy Mountain of Greece. Drawing from the teachings of Saint Gregory Palamas, and other great early Christian theologians whose work was the healing of the human psyche, he will reveal how the early Church sought to tame the unruly psyche and awaken men and women to true self-awareness. He will also introduce us to the psychological magic of the prayer of the heart, which forms a deep attentiveness in its practitioners by awakening their inner lives.

AN EVENING LECTURE
Friday, April 27, 7–10pm
12WSC24P
Members: $22 / Nonmembers: $25
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]]> http://www.opencenter.org/christian-spirituality-of-the-heart-rediscovering-inner-christianity/feed/ 0 The Cloud of Unknowing: A Christian Mystical Guide to Knowing God http://www.opencenter.org/the-cloud-of-unknowing-be-still-and-know/ http://www.opencenter.org/the-cloud-of-unknowing-be-still-and-know/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:13:57 +0000 lesleyr http://www.opencenter.org/?p=7766 May 23, 20127:00 PMto9:30 PM

Fr. William Meninger

The Cloud of Unknowing, a classic 14th century work of Christian mysticism, is a spiritual guide on contemplative prayer and mystical techniques rooted in the tradition of apophatic theology, which seeks unmediated union with God and has inspired such renowned mystics as Julian of Norwich, St. John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, and Thomas Merton. Tonight Father Meninger will discuss the path outlined by The Cloud of Unknowing and the teachings of the great Christian mystics of this tradition. He will also introduce us the to practice of contemplative meditation as described by The Cloud of Unknowing.

AN EVENING WORKSHOP
Wednesday, May 23, 7–9:30pm
12WSC26M
Members: $25 / Nonmembers: $28
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