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Julian Maddock 24 May 2013

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Julian Maddock

I am a spiritual director, supervisor, trainer, and writer.

Through kindly attention to the sensations of this body you can connect into a process of ever-deepening immersion into the reality of God at your centre and at the centre of life.

I write here primarily about:

God, and how to foster your relationship with God;
prayer, and how to pray; and
how attending to this body is prayer and a way to be present in the Presence.

A beginner’s guide to “this body”

These links will give you a flavour of, and a way in to, what this body is all about:

Where to start?
Sitting
Starting at the bottom
Feeling into this body
Starting at the bottom (part 2)
Relax!
What is the senation of prayer? 10 steps to knowing God
The miracle of being nothing

Pause for Thought

Camas Lilies

19 May 2018 06:00

Consider the liles of the field, the blue banks of camas opening into acres of sky along the road. Would the longing to lie down and be washed by that beauty abate if you knew their usefulness, how the natives ground their bulbs for flour, how the settlers’ hogs uprooted them, grunting in gleeful oblivion as the flowers fell? And you—what of your rushed and useful life? Imagine setting it all down— papers, plans, appointments, everything— leaving only a note: “Gone to the fields to be lovely. Be back when I’m through with blooming.” Even now, unneeded and uneaten, the... Read more →

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