분석기도의 경험적 과정에 대한 고찰

A Reflective Study on the Experiential Processes of Self-Analytic Prayer

This paper is designed from a psychoanalytic perspective to understand the depth of prayer practice and then give some concrete and useful guidelines for it. First, knee down. Second, feel your body. Third, pay attention to your gut. Forth, stay with your inner self. Fifth, imagine the Lord, our God. And finally remember what the Bible tells you at the moment. These experiences will help you increase your awareness of bodily experiences and therefore reorganize your spiritual images, which are critical in solving your real life problems. You will find yourself empowered cognitively and affectively. The process of psychoanalytic cure is very similar to that of prayer. Both attempt to review, reflect and analyze one s own inner experiences. We know that the spiritual direction by Loyola Ignatius asks you to deal with the relationship between you yourself and the Lord. But here the focus is on the experiences of your behavioral and bodily changes in relation to your interaction with the Lord and the Biblical texts.