Mormon Mantras In this presentation that last year electrified symposium audiences in Salt Lake City and Seattle, Phil McLemore shares the story of his journey to the practice of meditation as a way to alleviate severe, chronic pain but which soon became for him a liberating spiritual practice. In Eastern spiritual traditions, mantras are practiced …
Speaker: Phil McLemore
Brigham And Buddha: Eastern Practices And Philosophies That Enhance Our Mormon Spiritual Lives
As suggested by the term “active” applied to fully engaged Latter-day Saints, Mormons are often characterized as emphasizing “doing” over “being.” The sensibilities and practices of many Eastern traditions reverse this emphasis, encouraging adherents to be “still,” to separate in various ways from the hustle and bustle of life. This session features Latter-day Saints who …
Mormon Mantras
In Eastern spiritual traditions, mantras are practiced to assist persons in overcoming mindless, conditioned behavior and to align themselves with the divine. Do some Mormon cultural “mantras”, repetitive phrases and ideas that organize the internal lives of many Latter-day Saints, serve the same liberating function, or do they, at times, inhibit individual spiritual growth? Are …
Mormon Mantras
In Eastern spiritual traditions, mantras are practiced to assist persons to overcome mindless, conditioned behavior and to align themselves with the divine. Do some Mormon cultural “mantras”, repetitive phrases and ideas that organize the internal lives of many Latter-day Saints, serve the same liberating function, or do they, at times, inhibit individual spiritual growth? Are …