Living Flame I
+ Relationship
+ Christian Prayer rooted in the Word of God
+ Development of different prayer forms
+ Development of our relationship with Christ at all levels
+ Creative reading, sacred art, needs - practices
Session 2: Refinement of the Centering Prayer Practice
+ Intention
+ Discipline
+ Expression of a relationship of communion
+ Diagrams of awareness
+ Concentrative and receptive forms of prayer
+ Contemplative Prayer
+ Contemplative state
Session 3: Formation of the False Self
+ Self Knowledge
+ Healing at a conscious level
+ Exploring the family or origin (Recognizing some neurotic
tendencies that dominate our lives.)
+ Acting out roles - experiential exercise
+ Provide a safe place
Session 4: The False Self in Action
+ Struggle to find happiness while avoiding pain at any cost
(due to loss of awareness of God within)
+ Symptoms of false self
+ Fear of change and risk
+ Obstacles to healing (unresolved grief, unforgiveness,
over-extension)
+ Experiential exercise
Session 5: Divine Therapy
+ Bonding with the Divine Therapist
+ Divine affirmation - rest - in prayer
+ Body as storehouse of repressed emotional material
+ Getting in touch with our capacity for health
+ How Centering Prayer aids in this process
+ The healing process
Session 6: Night of Sense
+ This night is designed by God to bring an end to the
motivations of the false self
+ Period of mourning
+ Signs
+ Temptations
+ Prayer of faith
+ Mysterious attraction is the guilding light
Session 7: Welcoming Prayer
+ Personal notations from Mary Mrozowski who developed
the practice
+ Subtle aspects of the practice
+ The movement from "letting go" to full surrender
+ The welcoming practice in cooperation with the practice of
Centering Prayer
+ Awareness, discernment, objectivity when working with
afflictive emotions
+ Fruits of the Welcoming Prayer extended into daily life