
Can I change my mantra?Â
In Christianity praying by repeating a set phrase or phrases has been a very well -established practice throughout the ages
Kim Nataraja has been a contemplative since her youth and joined The World Community for Christian Meditation in 1993. In 1998 she became a Benedictine Oblate to the Community. From 1999 to 2016, Kim was director of The World Community for Christian Meditation School of Meditation.
Kim is a trained Spiritual Director and has held a variety of meditation days/weekends and retreats in the UK, Europe, the US, Canada and Singapore. Her particular interests are those inspiring figures from the Christian spiritual tradition, who guide us in the contemplative life, and the ways in which psychological insights can aid our progress. Kim is a retired College Lecturer and former Head of Department of Modern Languages.
In Christianity praying by repeating a set phrase or phrases has been a very well -established practice throughout the ages
In our mind we often restrict the aim and purpose of meditation to a way of relaxing our surface self
If we do let go off the mantra, we either lose this sense of peacefulness or we are just engaged in ‘holy floating’ or ‘pernicious peace’
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