© Wojciech Nowak SJ Why the Jesus Prayer – or more generally: a non-discursive form of meditation (the prayer of simplicity, the prayer of the heart)? Spiritual life cultivated in a living relationship with God leads to simplicity. It is a natural process – from multitude to simplicity. Each personal relation aims at simplicity. When a young girl and a young boy start their relationship they have so much to say to each other: their life story, their experiences, feelings, the way they look at the world and life, their interests and fascinations, things that are important for them, their needs,...

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2562  Where does prayer come from?Whether prayer is expressed in words or gestures, it is the whole man who prays.But in naming the source of prayer, Scripture speaks sometimes of the soul or the spirit, but most often of the heart (more than a thousand times).According to Scripture, it is the heart that prays.If our heart is far from God, the words of prayer are in vain. 2563  The heart is the dwelling-place where I am, where I live; according to the Semitic or Biblical expression, the heart is the place "to which I withdraw."The heart is our hidden center, beyond the grasp of our...

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