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Healing Breath

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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!

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

Much more chanting and singing than interpretation on this CD. Less impactful than Original Prayer series.

Excellent compilation of cd's that tie in with the author's work in general and can be used by those who are familiar with his writings as well as those who are simply looking for excellent relaxation/meditation cd's.

Healing Breath, by Neil Douglas-Klotz, is more than a CD. It is a shared spiritual experience with the author, and with God. It took me beyond me, and to the Beloved. It cannot really be reviewed. It must be experienced.

The thoughts and teachings shared in this CD deepened my understanding of Jesus Christ's words in the beatitudes. The chanting of the Aramaic words accompanied by guitar have become a focus for my personal meditation and healing. I previously had enjoyed the Aramaic prayer of our Lord, and this is another treat that I am still absorbing.