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
letting-go prayer training
Centering prayer is a training in letting go.
prayer expression attention
In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.
letting-go prayer practice
While doing centering prayer, the practice is to let go of any thought or perception. The priority is to be as silent as possible and when that is not possible to let the noise of the thoughts be the sacred symbol for a while, without analyzing them.
prayer thinking giving
One of the values of centering prayer is that you are not thinking about God during the time of centering prayer so you are giving God a chance to manifest. In centering prayer there are moments of peace that give the psyche a chance to realize that God may not be so bad after all. God has a chance to be himself for a change.
prayer roots silence
The root of prayer is interior silence.
prayer play looks
You should not take prayer too seriously. There is something playful about God. You only have to look at a penguin ... to realize that He likes to play little jokes on creatures.
prayer powerful helping
Perhaps the shortest and most powerful prayer in human language is help.
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.
based basically christian enter fullness health holistic modern mystery preached radical redemption suggest tradition translate unless within
Redemption basically is about holistic health, if you want to translate it into modern parlance. What I suggest - based on the Christian tradition but not often preached - is that you can't enter into the fullness of the Pascal mystery of the redemption unless there is a radical transformation of motivation within you.
religious children home
The whole immigration issue suggests the inevitability of people in our time seeking economic security that they can't find at home, which usually involves bringing their religion with them. One's children are going to be married to people outside their religious traditions as well as inside.
reality empowering unions
is a process of inner transformation, a conversation initiated by God and leading, if we consent, to divine union. One's way of seeing reality changes in the process. A restructuring of consciousness takes place which empowers one to perceive, relate and respond with increasing sensitivity to the divine presence in, through, and beyond everything that exists.
practice stories way
The best way to understand another person's religion is to listen to the story of what particular practices helped them to deepen and to embody their religion, especially its spirituality.
religious humanity violence
It's obvious that humanity continues to be torn by religious violence.
venture enough tolerate
I venture to say that it's not enough to respect and tolerate religions other than our own.