good intro to centering prayer and the works of Fr. Keating

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	• Open Mind Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel Thomas Keating Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006 - 190 pages average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

I am enjoying this book.

This book has opened up a whole new path to prayer for me. It is what I was looking for. Centering Prayer,Contemplative Prayer, is explained well inThomas Keating's book.

Open Mind Open Heart

This is a marvelous introduction to centering prayer. It answers basic questions and pulls the reader into God's love in a very methodical and reassuring way--reminding the reader that all one needs to do is to say "Yes" to God's grace. Takes a lot of pressure off "making it happen" which is so ingrained in Western society. "Be still and know that I am God" is a central theme. Open Mind Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel

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Open Mind, Open Heart

This is one of the best primers about moving into
Stillness I have read. It will be valuable to the beginner as well as for folks who have practiced meditation for many years.

good intro to centering prayer and the works of Fr. Keating

I was introduced to centering prayer by a visit to a centering prayer support group at an Episcopal church. One of the participants there told me the fundamentals of this method of prayer, which is five or six hundred years old, and then we had a twenty minute session. Afterwards someone in the office photocopied for me a seven page appendix from this book. In the appendix was a reference to the title of the book which I ordered and learned was part of a trilogy by Fr. Keating. It has turned out to be the most helpful book I have read about this method of prayer, which is within the contemplative tradition of Roman Catholicism.

This book is recommended for those who are looking to banish clutter from their lives. Its appeal lies in its exposition of centering prayer, a form of prayer that makes present an existential aspect of religious experience. The apotheosis of being, as suggested by the Abrahamic divinity's proclamation "I am who I am", gains reinforement with centering prayer.

The major limitation of the book is its uncritical acceptance of the Roman Catholic kyriarchal views regarding women and GLBT people.

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Prime source for learning Centering Prayer

In this writing, Father Thomas Keating very carefully and completely offers a newly-edited version of what is considered a primary source for learning Centering Prayer. As the early proponent of this type of prayer that can lead greater joy in entering the presence of God, Keating has once again explained in great detail how the practice of engaging in Centering Prayer can be of benefit. His work is the definitive source of terminology and understanding for the contemplative who wants to engage seriously in this deep form of prayer.

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