Returning to Discursive and Passive Meditation

In this meditation, I return with you to the two complementary modes of practice: discursive and passive meditation, and how they work together over time.I reflect on why both forms are necessary, and how practices such as the rosary can help us understand this movement between intention and rest. Discursive prayer gives shape and direction, while passive meditation allows us to receive, to settle, and to be held.We come gently into stillness, using the body as a place of awareness, beginning with the hands and the simple experience of openness. As intention is named and held lightly, a word or versiculum may be added, allowing the practice to rest again in love and presence.This daily guided meditation offers a moment of calm, whether you are pausing during the day or winding down before sleep, supporting stillness, openness and quiet awareness.Chapters00:00 – Introduction00:10 – Discursive and passive meditation00:40 – Why both forms are needed00:50 – The rosary as meditative prayer02:10 – A direction for this practice02:40 – The bell03:00 – Coming to stillness03:50 – Awareness of the palms05:30 – Experiencing openness in the hands06:40 – Releasing the hands07:10 – Sensation and tingling07:20 – The intention to feel07:50 – An intention of openness08:10 – Naming the divine09:20 – Introducing the versiculum10:30 – Resting in love11:40 – Closing bell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.