Struggling with Thoughts During the Night
Q: I just read Fr. Keating’s Open Mind, Open Heart book. What should I do during the night, while lying in bed, and I find myself with a bunch of general thoughts […]
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Praying with the Eyes of the Heart
Minnesota Contemplative Outreach sponsored an event called “Praying with the Eyes of the Heart.” We gathered at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and began with Centering Prayer and then […]
The Song in Our Hearts
In the spring of 2002, we brought a young man from Kosovo to Dallas to be fitted with a prosthetic. He had been living in England where he was expecting […]
The Integrity of the Teaching of the Centering Prayer Method
The integrity of the teaching of the Centering Prayer method is presented in the four guidelines and its conceptual background as described in the Method of Centering Prayer brochure. Additional […]
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God’s Action Within
Q: What does “consenting to God’s action within” means? what does it look like and how do I know that I am actually consenting to God’s action within me? […]
Extending Time in Centering Prayer
Q: Our group had a discussion about increasing one’s practice to two to three hours per day. What insight does Contemplative Outreach have in regards to this type of extended […]
Centering Prayer and Embodied Contemplative Practices – My Experience
The article in the January 2018 e-bulletin, “Contemplative Movement” by Robin Gates, affirmed so many experiences that I observed during the first few years of my Centering Prayer practice. I noticed that […]
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Why Meditation/Contemplation?
Q: I’ve been practicing meditation/contemplation for more than twenty years. As of late, I am periodically troubled by the question “why am I doing this, i.e., contemplation?” The question is in […]
The Art of Divine Therapy
Fr. Thomas Keating states that two things happen in the inner room: We get in touch with our basic core of goodness, and the process of divine therapy is initiated […]
The Maturation of the Sacred Word
Q: During my Centering Prayer practice, I notice that my sacred word can change, become vague, become softer, a bit different, or more subtle, like there is no word, but only […]
