Nolan ch. 7-9

Question 1

Lk 7:38

Answer 1

Woman weeps, so much that she washes Jesus’ feet with her tears. Her faith heals her.

Question 2

Sesoken

Answer 2

The greek word for healing, is used both for physical and emotional healing.

Question 3

Seeing

Answer 3

Jesus’s preferred metaphor for a spiritual consciousness and awareness. Seeing things as they really are will free and heal you.

Question 4

Abba

Answer 4

God is a loving father to all human beings.

Question 5

Moralizing religion

Answer 5

Jesus was critical of moralizing religion and of society. Jesus never judged.

Question 6

Not blame, but

Answer 6

Healing

Question 7

Enemies

Answer 7

Love and forgive them.

Question 8

The two kinds of judgement:

Answer 8

1. Do not judge

2. Judge yourself

Question 9

Rich young man

Answer 9

Jesus loves and accepts him, and is concerned about his well being.

Question 10

Simon the Pharisee

Answer 10

The commandment to love God and neighbor are the most important commandments.

Question 11

Women and children

Answer 11

The women of Jerusalem should weep for themselves and their children, not for Jesus.

Question 12

Who forgives the sins?

Answer 12

God forgives sins unconditionally.

Question 13

Closest friends

Answer 13

Do not militate against a universal love for all human beings unless the friendships become exclusive.

Question 14

Mary Magdalen

Answer 14

Deep and unshakeable love for Jesus. Her vocation was to be an apostle. Due to her position as an outcast, she was free to be fearlessly moral and crazily loyal.

Question 15

Connection to Fowler

Answer 15

Gestures and foundations of faith are love (stage 1)

Question 16

Faith

Answer 16

Absolute trust

Question 17

What is the shift in Nolan’s focus with chapter 8?

Answer 17

From signs of our times and the spirituality of Jesus in his time, to a practical spirituality for today.

Question 18

First hurdle

Answer 18

Busyness

Question 19

Jesus’ need

Answer 19

For silence and solitude

Question 20

Heremon

Answer 20

A deserted, lonely, or quiet place.

Question 21

Anthony Storr

Answer 21

We should seek happiness and fulfillment not only with other people but by ourselves.

Question 22

Meditation

Answer 22

An exercise in calming the mind and the heart, arriving at inner silence.

Question 23

The Jesus Prayer, Hesychia.

Answer 23

Silence of the heart.

Question 24

John Main

Answer 24

Popularized the mantra

Question 25

Thomas Merton

Answer 25

Contemplation is essentially a listening in silence.

Question 26

Relaxation.

Answer 26

Must be of both the mind and the body. There are multiple ways to find relaxation.

Question 27

Not worry about tomorrow.

Answer 27

The present moment is the only thing true and worth praying for.

Question 28

According to the gospel of Thomas, Jesus said

Answer 28

One who knows everything else

Question 29

What is the definition of hypocrisy according to Nolan?

Answer 29

Its easier to see the flaws in others than to recognize them in yourself

Question 30

What does Nolan say is the "log in your eye"

Answer 30

Ego

Question 31

What are two suggestions Nolan makes for discovering the log in our eye?

Answer 31

1. Find a sounding board | 2. Self awareness

Question 32

What is the difference between the superego and the conscience?

Answer 32

1. Superego are the thoughts and opinions of others | 2. Conscience is what you make and believe of the superego and your own thoughts.

Question 33

What does Marcus Borg say about Jesus's healing?

Answer 33

More stories were told about him than anyone else in the Jewish tradition.

Question 34

What word does Paul use to describe the ego?

Answer 34

Flesh/Sarx

Question 35

Summarize the quote from Nouwen

Answer 35

Nouwen claims that the greatest healing comes from breaking down and living in pain rather than removing and analyzing it.

Question 36

What are the three steps of "removing the log"?

Answer 36

1. Become fully conscious of your ego 2. Recognize the ego as a false image of who you are 3. Disassociate yourself from the ego.

Question 37

What are the four signs of the true self?

Answer 37

1. Strong desire to know the inner truth about ourselves 2. When we are able to laugh at our ego 3. Compassion for others 4. Gratitude for the gifts life gives us.