Letters from Thomas Keating
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Zen in a Christian Monastery – Fertile Ground, Open Mind
By Ron Barnett, Ph.D. Germantown, Maryland, USA What did Fr. Thomas Keating learn from Zen? My contemplative teacher, Fr. Thomas Keating (1923-2018), learned from many sources – Indigenous American […]
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Telephone Conversations between Thomas Keating and Isabel Castellanos, April 7, 2015 – October 31, 2018
The following is a collection of some of the notes I took after speaking with Father Thomas on the phone during the last three years of his life. They […]
Centering Prayer and Use of White Noise
Q: I have practiced Centering Prayer in the past to good effect, but then years ago I had heart surgery and got a mechanical aortic valve. Staying alive as […]
Experiences of Divine Therapy in Centering Prayer
Q: I have been practicing Centering Prayer for almost a year now and have gradually moved to twice daily, twenty minutes each time. I have experienced interior disturbances sometimes […]
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A Word from the Contemplative Outreach Prison Outreach Service Team
We’d like to introduce ourselves to you, especially if you’ve never heard of us before. We are the Prison Outreach Service Team. Our goal is to bring Centering Prayer […]
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Suggested Guidelines for Intensive Retreat Videos
CO Retreats Team 2025 Suggested Guidelines for Intensive Retreat Videos by Leslee Terpay The Contemplative Outreach Retreats Service team is responsible for the guidelines that cover content for the […]
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How to Start a Centering Prayer Group
Q: I’d like to start a Centering Prayer group and would appreciate guidance on how to do this. A: Thank you so much for your interest in starting a […]
An Experience of the Living Flame of Love Within
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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Settling into Centering Prayer and Working with Thoughts
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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