Bøger af Rabbi David A. Cooper

Shows newcomers and experienced meditators alike how the age-old practice of Jewish meditation can be an integral part of daily life, and can refresh us in our day-to-day encounters, in ritual, prayer, Torah study and in our celebration of holy days.

Invaluable for students already studying with a meditation teacher and for those developing a meditative practice on their own. Leads us into self-discovery through the basic meditative principles and practices of the world's great spiritual traditions.

From the best-selling author of God Is a Verb, the classic spiritual retreat guide that enables anyone to create their own self-guided spiritual retreat at home. The ancient mystics looked to spiritual retreat as a way of cleansing the body and healing the soul. In Silence, Simplicity & Solitude, David A. Cooper traces the path of the mystics and the practice of spiritual retreat in all the major faith traditions, sharing the common techniques and practices of the retreat experience for beginner and advanced meditators alike. Cooper shows the way to the self-discovery and discipline of the spiritual retreat experience and clearly instructs how to create an effective, self-guided spiritual retreat in your own home. Silence, Simplicity & Solitude teaches that not only is silence a great healer, but that inner spiritual retreat can provide life-changing insight into deeper spiritual truths

A Personal Journey in to Sufism, Buddhism, and JudaismHere is an insider's look at a spectrum of mystical tradition—by someone who is remarkably fluent in the language of each. Three Gates to Meditation Practice chornicles more than fifteen years int he spiritual journey of "post-denominational rabbi" David A. Cooper and his wife, Shoshana—years that led the Coopers everywhere from a secluded mountain hut in New Mexico to the Sinai desert, from chanting Sufi dhikr and meditating with Buddhist master to studying Kabbalah and esoteric Judaism in the Old City of Jerusalem. The Coopers' story is an intimate account of what intensive spiritual practice is like, with an ultimate message that is supremely inspiring: The spiritual path is completely within our reach, whoever, we are, whatever we do, as long as we are willing to try.

Shows newcomers and experienced meditators alike how the age-old practice of Jewish meditation can be an integral part of daily life, and can refresh us in our day-to-day encounters, in ritual, prayer, Torah study and in our celebration of holy days.

From the best-selling author of God Is a Verb, the classic spiritual retreat guide that enables anyone to create their own self-guided spiritual retreat at home.The ancient mystics looked to spiritual retreat as a way of cleansing the body and healing the soul. In Silence, Simplicity & Solitude, David A. Cooper traces the path of the mystics and the practice of spiritual retreat in all the major faith traditions, sharing the common techniques and practices of the retreat experience for beginner and advanced meditators alike.Cooper shows the way to the self-discovery and discipline of the spiritual retreat experience and clearly instructs how to create an effective, self-guided spiritual retreat in your own home.Silence, Simplicity & Solitude teaches that not only is silence a great healer, but that inner spiritual retreat can provide life-changing insight into deeper spiritual truths