Themes in this segment:
• The desire for happiness
• The nature of the false self and programs for happiness
• The purpose of the spiritual journey
• Repentance
• Silence and the Divine Therapy
• True Self
"Heartfulness: Transformation in Christ" condenses the accumulated wisdom of Fr. Thomas Keating’s many years of teaching and practice into nine essential areas for study, reflection and spiritual growth for our time. The interviewer, Betty Sue Flowers, draws out of Fr. Thomas the importance of silence and contemplative practice as a means of opening the mind and heart and one’s whole being to God, or the Ultimate Reality.
Ms. Flowers is the author of numerous books and articles, including having edited the book and acted as a consultant to the 1988 documentary, "The Power of Myth," with Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers.
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Fr. Thomas considered "Heartfulness," recorded in 2007 in Succasunna, NJ,
to be a continuation - a part six - of his five-part video series "The Spiritual Journey with Fr. Thomas Keating," also available here on KZread at • The Spiritual Journey ... .
For a downloadable guidebook to accompany the Heartfulness series, go to
www.contemplativeoutreach.org.... Related items may be found in the online store of Contemplative Outreach by searching for "Heartfulness."
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