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An Experience of the Living Flame of Love Within

Posted on June 25, 2025

  Q: This is pretty out of sorts for me, but something happened in the past few weeks, and I ended up googling a term that seemed to match the experience: […]

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Tagged Centering Prayer, contemplation, contemplative spirituality, Divine Indwelling, John of the Cross, Living Flame, mystic, Thomas Keating

Settling into Centering Prayer and Working with Thoughts

Posted on June 25, 2025

  Q: I am a meditation instructor for health and a secular Carmelite. I have difficulty with the Centering meditation technique and I am asking for help. I have understood […]

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Tagged Centering Prayer, sacred symbol, sacred word, Thomas Keating, thoughts, vestibule

An Interspiritual Experience with Charis Circles

Posted on May 20, 2025 (May 23, 2025)

  by Ronald Barnett, PhD, rbarnett@hey.com Germantown, Maryland, USA   Something is happening here, but you don’t know what it is do you, Mr. Jones? – Bob Dylan, Ballad of a […]

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Tagged Centering Prayer, centering prayer group, Charis Circles, facilitator, interspiritual

Centering Prayer and the Sense of Dying

Posted on May 19, 2025

  Q: While practicing Centering Prayer I suddenly had a very intense feeling of terror come and a sense that I was dying and losing all my loved ones and things […]

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Tagged Centering Prayer, Dark Nights, dying, false self, Secret Embrace, true self, unloading

Contemplative Practice with Parkinson’s Disease

Posted on May 19, 2025

  Q: I am a long-time traveler on the contemplative and eco-spirituality path. I recently was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and find the tremors to be disruptive to Centering […]

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Tagged Centering Prayer, chronic illness, nervous system, Parkinson's Disease, welcoming prayer

Chapter Simplicity

Posted on April 30, 2025 (April 30, 2025)

    “Leadership is an ambiguous term in the Christian situation where everyone is equal at the most fundamental level which is the essence of our being.  Everyone is designed […]

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Tagged Centering Prayer, centering prayer group, contemplative service, servant leadership

Getting other prisoners to join in practicing Centering Prayer

Posted on April 23, 2025 (April 23, 2025)

  Q:  Thank you all for your support and prayers, for your hard work and commitment. I am practicing Centering Prayer for over two years. I started with a group […]

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Tagged Centering Prayer, centering prayer group, fruits and gifts of the Spirit, prison ministry, prison outreach

Do I have to be a Christian or have a religious belief to practice Centering Prayer?

Posted on April 22, 2025

  Q: Do I have to be a Christian or have a religious belief to practice Centering Prayer? A: 
Thank you for this beautiful question. Centering Prayer is a spacious […]

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Tagged Buddhist, Centering Prayer, contemplative spirituality

Surrendering to a Subjective Presence

Posted on March 20, 2025

  Q: Do you believe that centering on a object or mantra is the gateway to silent prayer and hopefully contemplation? Which is a gift from God but not entitled. […]

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Tagged Centering Prayer, contemplation, Divine Indwelling, letting go, mantra, sacred symbol

Centering Prayer and Singing Bowls

Posted on March 20, 2025

  Q: Why are singing bowls using during Centering Prayer? Did Thomas Keating use or implement them? A: Thank you for your question. Let me answer it in two ways. First: […]

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Tagged Centering Prayer, centering prayer group, Thomas Keating

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