Background: Apaphatic prayer is a way to work on the nondualistic mind. It is done by first affirming a statement about God… For example, “God is love.” Next we negate this statement: “God is not love.” Then we negate the negation: “God is not not-love.”
The trinity is a particularly powerful idea for Christians to apahatically meditate over. This is because the portions of the trinity is true… And also contradictory. This first version of a trinity-focused apaphatic meditation will be repetitive and simple.
37A: Simple Trinity-Based Apaphatic Prayer
- Find your center.
- Take a cleansing breath.
- Inhale. Say or think, “God is father.”
- Exhale. Say or think, “God is not father.”
- Inhale. Say or think “God is not not-father.”
- Take a cleansing breath.
- Inhale. Say or think “God is son.”
- Exhale. Say or think “God is not son.”
- Inhale. Say or think “God is not not-son.”
- Take a cleansing breath.
- Inhale. Say or think, “God is spirit.”
- Exhale. Say or think “God is not spirit.”
- Inhale. Say or think, “God is not not-spirit.”
- Take a cleansing breath.
- Inhale. Say or think, “God is father.”
- Exhale. Say or think, “God is not father.”
- Inhale. Say or think “God is not not-father.”
- Take a cleansing breath.
- Inhale. Say or think “God is son.”
- Exhale. Say or think “God is not son.”
- Inhale. Say or think “God is not not-son.”
- Take a cleansing breath.
- Inhale. Say or think, “God is spirit.”
- Exhale. Say or think “God is not spirit.”
- Take a cleansing breath.
- Inhale. Say or think, “God is father.”
- Exhale. Say or think, “God is not father.”
- Inhale. Say or think “God is not not-father.”
- Take a cleansing breath.
- Inhale. Say or think “God is son.”
- Exhale. Say or think “God is not son.”
- Inhale. Say or think “God is not not-son.”
- Take a cleansing breath.
- Inhale. Say or think, “God is spirit.”
- Exhale. Say or think “God is not spirit.”
Background: The following exercise, begins, like 37A, with considering the 3 person of the trinity, but then moves on to consider the other contradictory implications of the doctrine.
Exercise 37B
- Find your center.
- Take a cleansing breath.
- Inhale. Say or think, “God is father.”
- Exhale. Say or think, “God is not father.”
- Inhale. Say or think “God is not not-father.”
- Take a cleansing breath.
- Inhale. Say or think “God is son.”
- Exhale. Say or think “God is not son.”
- Inhale. Say or think “God is not not-son.”
- Take a cleansing breath.
- Inhale. Say or think, “God is spirit.”
- Exhale. Say or think “God is not spirit.”
- Take a cleansing breath.
- Inhale. Say or think “God is one.”
- Exhale. Say or think “God is not one.”
- Inhale. Say or think “God is not not-one.”
- Take a cleansing breath.
- Inhale. Say or think “God is father.”
- Exhale. Say or think “God is not father.”
- Inhale. Say or think “God is not father.”
- Take a cleansing breath.
- Inhale. Say or think “God is three.”
- Exhale. Say or think “God is not three.”
- Inhale. Say or think “God is not not-three.”
- Take a cleansing breath.
- Inhale. Say or think “God is son.”
- Exhale. Say or think “God is not son.”
- Inhale. Say or think “God is not not-son.”
- Take a cleansing breath.
- Inhale. Say or think “God is three-in-one.”
- Exhale. Say or think “God is not three-in-one.”
- Inhale. Say or think “God is not not-three-in-one.”
- Take a cleansing breath.
- Inhale. Say or think “God is spirit.”
- Exhale. Say or think “God is not spirit.”
- Inhale. Say or think “God is not not spirit.”
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