"Silence, Prayer, Meditation and Contemplation blend into each other harmoniously." –Flower A. Newhouse
Finding Your True North
The Armor of Spiritual Life - Lesson 9
Meditation Is the Breastplate of Our Spiritual Armor, Part IV
Reaching the Heights of Contemplation
Through the automatic shifting of our mental gears into higher stages of consciousness, we find ourselves finally at the stage of contemplation. This does not always take place because we are not always reverent enough to achieve it. Contemplation includes realization, but more than anything else it leads to adoration.
 | What does contemplation mean to you? |
 | Read C1 |
Contemplation is considered by many to be the highest use of the mind. It combines the alertness of concentration, with the idealization of meditation. The achievement of adoration is the unique gift of true contemplation.
In this stage our attention is immersed in recognition of Realities in which we are attuned. We sense the still, magnetic Presence of the Eternal enfolding Its creation. We are conscious of Meanings, Energies, and Urges which are natural at this elevation. Here we gain glimpses of purposes and importances that ordinarily escape our appreciation. We come close to the inner synthesis of all divergent paths and methods.
| What is the value of contemplation? |
| Read C2 |
Contemplation realizes, appreciates, and contacts Ultimates—not only those which are upon our level of understanding, but also those higher plane Ultimates we intuitively beheld.
Only when our minds are capable of contact with Reality shall we fully appreciate the protective armor of meditation. The practice of meditation will not only shield us from negligent use of our mental faculties by awakening the full powers of the mind, but it will be our individual bridge of communion with the Everlasting.
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| What comes from Contemplation? |
| Read C4 |
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| Journal your impressions of your work with meditation. What questions do you have? As you feel led, please email your impressions and/or questions with Lesson 9 as the subject heading to truenorthclass [at] gmail.com In a few weeks, we will anonymously compile these impressions and send them out for everyone in True North to see. We will also work with the ministers of Questhaven to answer the questions or find responses from Flower to them. |
Ideas for Practice
| C5 Find the card entitled Journaling Your Visions (C5). Here is some good information to review before you begin your meditation practice. |
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M14 Find the card entitled Inclusive Meditation (M14). Practice this special meditation that focuses on finding answers to our inner questions.
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In remembrance of the eternal shores of your true homeland, you will draw into your breath the very fire of inward quickening.
Questions and Answers
Questions and answers with Flower A. Newhouse (excerpted from Here Are Your Answers, Volumes I, II and III)
 | In making our call in meditation do we address the Father, the Lord, or the Guardian Principle or Divinity? |
 | In the beginning of every silent meditative period, send forth a glad call to the Eternal. It is so good to be able to go Home, even for a few moments! As your thoughts calmly turn from the outer to the inner world, soar into communion with a joyful salutation such as, "I greet Thee, Eternal Parent; Beloved Lord; Blessed Guardian." Address the Eternal as though you stood on a high cliff with arms out-flung to the earth and the heavens. By degrees you will be included in the silence of the Infinite. Then your meditation really begins. I find it well to salute the Eternal at the start and close of my silent periods. |
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Resource Kit - Table of Contents
Unit 1: Entering the Light
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Unit 2: The Touch of God
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Unit 3: The Armor of Spiritual Life
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Additional recommended reading and audio recordings are available on our Meditation and Prayer page.
About Flower A. Newhouse
The life and writings of Flower A. Newhouse are those of a Christian mystic, and her insights into the inner realms of life provide us with a path to wholeness that she called "Living the Life." These teachings are not doctrine, but a practical guide to the direct, immediate experience of God. Flower's mission was also to reawaken humanity to the reality of angels, a work she began with her first book in 1937, and added to in many published writings and in recorded lectures.
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Audio recordings of past sermons.
Apr 7 I have come to bring fire on Earth: Christ Our Enlightener
Rev. Jonathan Wiltshire
Apr 14 The I Ching: Ancient and Modern Wisdom
Rick Plant
Apr 21 The Mystical Gifts of Personal Retreats
Rev. Lucy Wold
Apr 28 The Inner Purpose and Meaning of the Lord's Prayer
Rev. Blake Isaac
May 5 Living a Christ-filled Life
Rev. Hal Lingerman
May 12 The Many Expressions of Motherhood
Rev. Elizabeth Wood
May 19 Expanding Our Perception: Learning to Listen
Rev. Jonathan Wiltshire
May 26 The Continuity of Life
Captain Dan Willis
Jun 2 The Importance of Spiritual Travel
Rev. Blake Isaac
Jun 9 Expanding our Understanding of the Healing Ways of Jesus
Rev. Miara Wiltshire
Jun 16 Christ's Beatitudes: Finding Harmony of Male and Female
Rev. Hal Lingerman
Jun 23 Vernal Retreat: Expanding Our Perception: Learning to See
Rev. Jonathan Wiltshire
Jun 30 The Law of Freedom
Rev. Myrna Triggs
Jul 7 The Inner Influence of Our Zodiac Signs
Rev. Blake Isaac
Jul 14 Life's Lessons and Legacies
Richard Wold
Jul 21 Living the Lord's Prayer: A Sharing of Lawrence Newhouse
Rev. Hal Lingerman
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