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Videos
Meditative Moments with David Steindl-Rast
Br. David shares how he discovered meditation, how nature's calming influence helps, how he perceives…
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Videos
On Gratitude & the Now
(2010) Part 1. Brother David discusses channeling the mystical experience into every day life by…
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Articles
A Basic Human Approach to Happiness
This three-part article explores the importance of shared values and action at a time when…
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Audio Clips
Five qualities of meditative prayer
(3:36) Br. David finds 5 interlinked qualities of meditative, or contemplative prayer.
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Q&A
Finding Joy in a World of Heartache and Suffering
It is so easy for pain to eclipse the beauty, truth and goodness in the…