© Wojciech Nowak SJ The method of the Jesus Prayer consists of three elements: adopting the right body posture focusing on the breath (following it) uttering the word – the name of Jesus or a prayer formula to the rhythm of the breath In the introduction, to better understand the prayer, we will take it down to ‘pieces’ and then will put it back again. We will discuss each of the three elements, look at them carefully and experience each one individually. THE FIRST ELEMENT of the Jesus Prayer is the right posture.  We must remember that the entire man prays. And man means body...

Step 1 - Desires Conscious life begins with establishing contact with oneself and with reality. What do I really want? What am I searching for? The first sentence pronounced by Jesus and quoted in the Gospel of John reads: "What are you looking for?" In other words, Jesus begins the dialogue with man with a self-awareness test: "If you want to establish a relationship with me, if you want to be my disciple, examine your heart first and answer the question: What do you want out of life?" The desires that I discover inside myself are a kind of GPS that stimulates me to look for the fullness of...