AUTUMN YEARS: TAKING THE CONTEMPLATIVE PATH

Book ID/图书代码： 03460004B09168

English Summary/英文概要： This is a beginner’s guide to contemplation for anyone in the second half of life. It is also a love story. Elizabeth and Robert first met as children but reconnected in their sixties when they leaened that each was on a late-life journey of self-discovery and spiritual adventure.In Autumn Years they describe the practice of contemplation as part of a strate-gy of successful aging. Recognizing that there is no single contemplative path, and that individuals come to contemplation with dif-ferent strengths and interests, the Kings pro-vide a simple, reader-friendly guide to a number of contemplative practices: sitting meditation, centering prayer, walking medi-tation, and loving-kindness meditatino. They describe other meditative practics as well: yoga, lectio divina, koan study, music meditation, dream work,and even travel as pilgrimage. But, uniquely perhaps, they show how contemplation can foster intimacy. Among the fruits of contemplation for those in the second half of life are inclusive faith, life review, leaving a legacy, living with mys-tery,and endless exploration.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一本启蒙手册，引导知天命的人们如何反思自己的人生当然，它也算是本爱情小说。伊丽莎白和罗泊特从小青梅竹马，由于各种原因分开了，但在他们六十多岁的时候，又重新走到了一起，因为知道彼此都在摸索着晚年的自我发现和精神探险。在《秋天的岁月》，伊丽莎白和罗泊特把练习反思冥想描述成一种成功健康老化的策略。KING夫妇俩认识到没有什么单一的冥思途径可言，每个人在冥思的时候，都有不同的优势和喜好，所以他们提出了一本适合读者学习的简单指南，指引读者进行多种不同的沉思练习：有坐式沉思、归心祈祷、走式沉思、慈爱冥想。当然，书中还提到了其它一系列冥思练习法：如瑜珈、圣言诵读法、心印研究、音乐沉思法、梦工作法、甚至还有朝拜旅行。但是，书中的独特之处恐怕还是作者介绍了冥思是如何培养爱的默契。对于中老年人来说，反思的好处就是有包容的信仰、学会回顾生命、留下一份财富，过着神秘生活，永不放弃探索。

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