Centering Prayer and the Foundations of Non-Dual Awareness - Cynthia Bourgeault

This talk will explores Centering Prayer-a relatively newcomer to the great Christian tradition of contemplative prayer-from the perspective of the contribution it has to bring to the growing body of data confirming the neurological underpinnings of nondual consciousness. What Christian mystics have long known as the practice of surrender, powerfully encapsulated in Centering Prayer's distinctive method of meditation, proves itself to be a powerful foundation for the movement beyond the dualistic perception (with the subect/object dichotomy as its driveshaft) into a unified-i.e., nondual-field of perception. In addition to exploring Centering prayer Itself, we will consider the practice of surrender as a gateway to nondual perception: not only theologically, but neurologically.