Mystical Contemplation .... The Practice of the Presence of God

n welcome thank you John and thank you all of you for being here tonight 0:15 it's great to see that there is some interest in Christian mysticism and particularly on the life and teachings 0:23 of Saint Teresa of ávila for those of you who don't know me I have to warn you 0:30 that I'm I am neither a nun nor a scholar so whatever I'm going to share 0:35 with you tonight is the fruit of my own search my own curiosity and a little bit 0:43 of practice I can say that at least I 0:50 was I was raised Christian within the Catholic Church but also within the 0:56 Theosophical Society frame of mind or so and so I learned to pray as at the same 1:05 time that I learned to meditate and I didn't really see much of a difference between these two and later on confirm 1:14 that with Theresa's teachings within the talk I will probably mention other 1:21 traditions as well as a Christian tradition because what you find when you 1:27 read or or look into the lives of the Mysti