Centering Prayer and Rebirth in Christ on the Tree of Life

This unique book draws on the "secret wisdom of Israel" (the Qabalistic Tree of Life to describe the soul's inner purification, healing, and rebirth in Christ, rooted in the mysterious porcess of non-conceptual contemplative prayer. "Prayer in secret (Matt. 6:6) is prayer in the unconscious. Using the Tree of Life as a map of universal creation and the individual soul (macrocosm and microsom), Centering Prayer and Rebirth in Christ offers a detailed and revealing look into the hidden working of the spirit in the soul's inner depths. When read slowly and thoughtfully, this book elevates the mind, offering what is, for most of us, a new vision of our evolving life in Christ and Christ in us. The essence of Centering Prayer is consenting to God's presence and action in us and in our life. The work of the spirit in us aims to bring us from the limitations and disappointments of our false self (over-identification with the separate-self sense of ego and it ill-consceived desires) into the fulmillment of our true self as a spiritual being. As the false self's obstacles are removed by the divine action, which needs our willing consent and cooperation, our growing freedom to consent becomes cause for increasing peace and joy in the soul. This is a gift of divine love that brings us step by step into the fullness of our life in Christ, which is a continuing rebirth into the limitless light, life, and love of the divine consciousness.