Practice the Pause

Jesus' Contemplative Practice, New Brain Science, and What It Means to Be Fully Human

De: Caroline Oakes

Narrado por: Nan McNamara

Duración: 8 h y 55 m

Resumen del Editor

These days, many of us live in a state of overreactive fight-or-flight response and chronic stress. The demands of modern life pull us in all directions and can often put the meaningful connections in our lives at risk—connections to our deepest selves, to others, and even to God.

But there is good news. New developments in brain science have recently proven that an intentional practice of pausing for a few minutes of meditation, prayer, or other contemplative practice actually rewires our brain in ways that make us calmer, less reactive, and better able to see the bigger picture.

In Practice the Pause, spiritual director and writer Caroline Oakes offers easy-to-understand explanations of how this new brain science is confirming what every spiritual tradition has been telling us for millennia: by practicing the pause, we become more self-aware and better able to understand others. We become more "God aware." With a refreshing focus on the Eastern Christian understanding of Jesus as a master of wisdom, Oakes shines a spotlight on Jesus's own centering pause practice as a transformative path for personal and social change. We learn that even a seven-second pause practice can move us beyond the fight-or-flight responses of our ego in our daily lives and actually equip us to cultivate the common good in the world.

©2023 Caroline Oakes (P)2023 eChristian

The simple wisdom shared by the author . It touched my heart so deeply.

I loved the discussion of Jesus’ wisdom way of knowing who he truly was in God. Jesus’ becoming fully human through his contemplative practice and time of silence with God is something that has already enriched my relationship with the divine. The narration was especially rich and heartfelt.

The Audible book of Practice the Pause is terrific

I recently listened to the Audible edition of Practice the Pause by Caroline Oakes. Nan McNamara's narration helped me see how beautifully written the book is and helped me understand how important the book's message of pausing in our busy lives to partake in a contemplative practice is for our health - both brain and body.

Great work by Caroline Oakes and Nan McNamara!