******** PREFACE...............................................iii
1. MEDITATION AND CONTEMPLATION ........................7
MEDITATION VS. CONTEMPLATION ........................7
THE PURPOSE OF CONTEMPLATION ........................9
THE FUNDAMENTALS ....................................9
THE FACULTIES OF THE SOUL...........................12
THE IMAGINATION .................................13
THE MEMORY ......................................16
THE UNDERSTANDING ...............................17
THE WILL ........................................18
2. BASIC EXERCISES ....................................25
WARM-UP EXERCISE ...................................25
CONTROLLING THE IMAGINATION ...................25
CONTROLLING THE MEMORY ........................26
CONTROLLING THE UNDERSTANDING (INTELLECT) .....26
CONTROLLING THE WILL ..........................28
EXERCISE ONE .......................................31
EXERCISE TWO .......................................33
3. ADVANCED EXERCISES .................................34
EXERCISE THREE .....................................34
EXERCISE FOUR ......................................36
EXERCISE FIVE ......................................37
EXERCISE SIX .......................................39
EXERCISE SEVEN .....................................41
EXERCISE EIGHT .....................................44
EXERCISE NINE ......................................47
EXERCISE TEN .......................................51
4. SPIRITUAL OBSTACLES, TRAPS AND PITFALLS
COMMON OBSTACLES
INSIDIOUS TRAPS
DANGEROUS PITFALLS
WHEN TO WORK AND WHEN TO REST
5. CONTEMPLATION AND PRAYER
THE MIND
THE HEART
THE SOUL
PRAISE
ADORATION
JOY
SUPPLICATION
THANKSGIVING