17b. Spirituality in Everyday Life, Part 2, with Thomas Keating
Fr. Thomas Keating continues his exploration of working the fruits of inner silence into the arena of daily life, offering a number of concrete suggestions to help forestall the diminishing of our store of inner silence. His suggestions include: deliberately dismantling our chief program for happiness; using an active word phrase to help accept what is; cultivating a loving acceptance of oneself; guarding the heart by letting go of the present moment; using a “minute book” of short sentences to re-establish one’s intention; worshipping with a liturgical community; joining a weekly Centering Prayer support group; and, perhaps most importantly, disengaging ourselves from over-identifying with a particular group. Such practices, he concludes, support a wholistic and comprehensive response to the call of the Gospel.
This is one video in a series of 31 hour-long talks by Thomas Keating that make up his foundational video teachings, “The Spiritual Journey with Fr. Thomas Keating.” All of these talks are now available on KZread, and are listed below with links. Fr. Thomas was an internationally renowned theologian, speaker and author of dozens of books including “Open Mind, Open Heart.”
To access condensed highlights of this video series plus more recent series by Fr. Thomas as part of a free online course, go to www.contemplat... for the complete course, or to • The Spiritual Journey ... for just the videos.
Fr. Thomas co-founded Contemplative Outreach, which offers this series and supports Centering Prayer. Along with Fr. William Meninger and Fr. Basil Pennington, Fr. Thomas began the Centering Prayer movement in the 1970’s to renew the Christian tradition of contemplation. An overview of Contemplative Outreach is at • Contemplative Outreach... .
Go to www.contemplati... for more information on Centering Prayer, including retreats and local chapters that offer support to practitioners at all levels in the U.S. and around the world. An online store offers books, streaming and downloadable videos and mp3 audios, DVDs, and CDs. An online course, “The Spiritual Journey - Formation in the Christian Contemplative Life,” draws upon the series of talks offered here and also includes newer teachings of Fr. Thomas, within a year-long curriculum.
“The Spiritual Journey with Fr. Thomas Keating” consists of a Prologue and five parts. Each part has up to six talks in it. Each talk has a separate video for the first half (a) and the second half (b).
Prologue
• Prologue to The Spirit...
(A basic introduction to Centering Prayer)
• The Method of Centering Prayer (2 videos)
• The Psychological Experience of Centering Prayer (3 videos)
Part One: Developing Centering Prayer
• Part 1 of The Spiritua...
(Centering Prayer grows out of a prayerful relationship with God that ideally includes prayerful reading of Scripture - the practice of Lectio Divina)
0a & 0b. Introduction
1a & 1b. Prayer as Relating to God
2a & 2b. Four Levels of Scriptural Experience
3a & 3b. Toward Resting in God
4a & 4b. Centering Prayer as Method
5a & 5b. Progress in Centering Prayer
Part Two: Model of the Human Condition
• Part 2 of The Spiritua...
(The heart of the teaching on the practice of Centering Prayer)
6a & 6b. The Human Condition
7a & 7b. Formation of the Homemade Self
8a & 8b. The Pre-Rational Energy Centers
9a & 9b. Frustrations Caused by the Emotional Programs
10a & 10b. Dismantling the Emotional Programs
11a & 11b. The False Self in Action
Part Three: Paradigms of the Spiritual Journey
• Part 3 of The Spiritua...
(Practical examples of Centering Prayer in daily life)
12a & 12b. The Four Consents
13a & 13b. The Human Condition
14a & 14b. Anthony as a Paradigm of the Spiritual Journey
15a & 15b. Liberation from the False Self System
16a & 16b. Liberation from Cultural Conditioning
17a & 17b. Spirituality in Everyday Life
Part Four: Contemplation: The Divine Therapy
• Part 4 of The Spiritua...
(The Christian contemplative roots for Centering Prayer)
18a & 18b. Night of Sense
19a & 19b. Night of Spirit
20a & 20b. The Beatitudes
21a & 21b. The Spiritual Senses
22a & 22b. What Contemplation is Not
23a & 23b. From Contemplation to Action
Part Five: Divine Love: The Heart of the Christian Spiritual Journey
• Part 5 of The Spiritua...
(The fruits of the Centering Prayer practice)
24a & 24b. The Most Excellent Path
25a & 25b. The Divine Banquet an Dance
26a & 26b. Prayer in Secret: Matthew 6:6
27a & 27b. What is the Divine Therapy?
28a & 28b. Contemplative Outreach
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This is gold
profound
When I tried this centering prayer message I felt a strong presence with me telling me I was worthless to God, despised and ridiculous. It told me never to come back to God again but stay with the devil where I belong. It was a really horrible experience. I hate centering prayer. Nobody should put themselves in this situation.
@coutreach
3 жыл бұрын
It is natural for any of us to feel worthless and despised at times, but these feelings do not come from God. God’s loving, indwelling presence always affirms the good in us. “Be still and know that I am God.” Ps 46:10 “When you pray, go to your inner room, close the door and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret will reward you." Matthew 6.6 What is Centering Prayer? Centering prayer is a loving response to these two Scripture invitations. One’s intention is to consent to God‘s love, presence and action by going to a quiet place, closing the door by letting go of all thoughts, feelings and commentaries and gently returning to one’s intention and resting in God‘s loving presence. It is a prayer of consenting and letting go. If you are ever interested in trying Centering Prayer again, it is described in the video at kzread.info/dash/bejne/c45n1ZuMpMraaJM.html and online at www.contemplativeoutreach.org/centering-prayer-method/.
@twac750
2 жыл бұрын
Don’t give up. That’s the “divine therapy” he talks about in action. Good luck!
@khaosancentral1988
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your responses but I only pray the rosary now for safety and it has gone well ever since. I encourage anyone who experiences demonic presences while doing new age meditations to pray the rosary daily and cling to the liturgy of the church.
Thanks to Contemplative Outreach we have a wonderful video library of the spiritual journey. Tape 17b is foundational for the Welcoming prayer and I suspect Mary Morkowski was present in the audience when this talk was recorded. 🙏