Product Description

On a Galilean hillside in the early morning hours, Jesus met with a privileged few-the dispossessed, the afflicted, the poor, and the troubled-to offer one of his most beloved and uplifting talks: the Beatitudes, or "Blessed are" sayings. With these simple yet profound spoken truths, he opened the door to a miraculous way of healing both the body and spirit, and showed how this very moment-no matter how difficult-is the right time to experience the full promise of God's blessings. On The Healing Breath, author and teacher Neil Douglas-Klotz guides you into the heart of Jesus' language, insights, and culture to help you access the great healer's path to wholeness and fulfillment. In Jesus' time, the breath was recognized as the ultimate power behind the cosmos. Central to the healing process, it was seen as our first and last possession-the natural rhythm of life, and our link to the divine and all of creation. With The Healing Breath, you will learn 24 authentic "body prayers" as Jesus first taught them, incorporating breath, sound, and gentle movement to help you find "your home in the breath" as a link to the Beatitudes ... connect to the spirit of Jesus ... and tap the healing energy that came through him.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #449137 in Books
• Published on: 2004-04
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 6
• Binding: Audio CD

About the Author
Neil Douglas-Klotz, Ph.D. is internationally known in the fields linking religious studies, spirituality, and psychology. The current chair of the Mysticism Group of the American Academy of Religion, his books include The Hidden Gospel, Prayers of the Cosmos, and The Genesis Meditations.

From AudioFile
In the Aramaic language that Jesus spoke, there was meaning in the Beatitudes (the biblical sayings that start with "Blessed are the. . . ") that one won't find in the politically shaped words of the King James version. To Jews in that region, God was less a gray-haired man than a unity in the world, a pervasive higher power that one trusted and which was manifested through our breathing, vibrating body as well as our spirit. This masterfully done invitation to heal is a skillful blend of the author's welcoming voice, his musical presentations of the original words of Jesus, and his far-reaching interpretations of the words of our greatest teacher. A transforming, deeply satisfying audio. T.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Customer Reviews

fabulous!!!
I haven't read or heard "Original Prayer" but this book was so good and such valuable work that I will be studying everything authored by Neal. We got this book from the library and have been listening to it as we sit around the table chopping apples and pears for canning. My 5 year old son loves it and asked me if he can have the set to play in his room. He has memorized most of the beatitudes in Aramic and is absorbing their meaning having never known the nicean councel version of the beatitudes. I LOVE this book and I wish that I could afford to get a set for everyone in my family for christmas...
Thankyou Neal!

The CD Version of the Book of the Aramaic Words of Jesus
This set of 6 CDs takes the book of the Cosmic Jesus one step further. The book explores the Words of Jesus in their original Aramaic. The CD book takes those concepts and Douglas-Klotz' scholarship into the realm of the auditory.

The author/speaker carefully explains the meanings of the sayings of Jesus in their original Aramaic then teaches the listener the language forms of the various words. He then takes it to the next step of providing chants for use in meditation. These chants are accompanied by modern but appropriate guitar music and enable the listener/participator to enter more sensually into the original language.

This is an extremely useful set of CDs for anyone who wishes to develop their spiritual meditative life. Interestingly I would have expected that it would be suitable only for a Christian participator. However the understanding of the Aramaic words gives such a clear liberal theological and spiritual basis of the unity of the Creator that it is accessible to anyone of any religious or spiritual tradition. Having used the CDs and having read the original book, I am also left wondering how "The Passion of Christ" a la Mel Gibson could use the Aramaic in order to present such a traditional conservative and violent view of the life and death of Jesus without leading the viewers into a more universal expression of compassion that is so evident in the CDs. Fully recommended

Not as good as original prayer
Much more chanting and singing than interpretation on this CD. Less impactful than Original Prayer series.