Thomas Keating
Thomas Keating
For the famous art forger of the same name, see Tom Keating. For the American football player of the same name, see Tom Keating...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth7 March 1923
CountryUnited States of America
challenges divine humans
For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine.
spiritual drinking reading
The spiritual traditions of all the religions have certain similarities that are unmistakable. They share many of the same basic practices like sacred reading, spiritual guidance, moderation in eating, drinking and sexual expression, and above all, trying to be aware of the presence of God in other people and in everyday life.
thinking people may
God will bring people and events into our lives, and whatever we may think about them, they are designed for the evolution of His life in us.
humility self forgetfulness
Humility is the forgetfulness of self.
heart journey ifs
If one completes the journey to one's own heart, one will find oneself in the heart of everyone else.
chiefs
The chief thing that separates us from God is the thought that we are separated from God.
spiritual prayer growing-up
St. Teresa of Avila wrote: 'All difficulties in prayer can be traced to one cause: praying as if God were absent.' This is the conviction that we bring with us from early childhood and apply to everyday life and to our lives in general. It gets stronger as we grow up, unless we are touched by the Gospel and begin the spiritual journey. This journey is a process of dismantling the monumental illusion that God is distant or absent.
silence firsts language
God's first language is Silence. Everything else is a translation.