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Centering Prayer and Unloading of the Unconscious

Posted on October 16, 2024

  Q: I am 76 years old and belong to a recovery program. I have read several of Fr Keating’s books on Centering Prayer and by Fr Pennington. I practice […]

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Tagged 11th-step, 12-step recovery, Centering Prayer, unloading

Remain in My Love

Posted on September 16, 2024

  by Brad Huard Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA It was late summer when we sold our house and moved into an apartment. After 22 years in the same home, I found […]

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Tagged Centering Prayer, contemplative spirituality, Jesus

Remaining Grounded in the Heart

Posted on September 16, 2024 (September 16, 2024)

  Q: Thank you for your articles and questions and answers on trauma and depression alongside Centering Prayer.   I have encountered people suffering with trauma and depression, perhaps everyone has trauma. […]

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Tagged Centering Prayer, centering prayer group, discernment, spiritual direction, spiritual journey, Thomas Keating

The Treasure of Hiddenness

Posted on August 14, 2024 (August 14, 2024)

  by Mary Jane Yates, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada   The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and […]

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Tagged Centering Prayer, centering prayer group, contemplative community, Thomas Keating

Teaching Children Centering Prayer

Posted on July 18, 2024

  by Jan Reed Austin, Texas USA At University United Methodist Church in Austin, for the last nine years, I have been teaching Centering Prayer at Vacation Church Camp for children, […]

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Tagged Centering Prayer, children

Attending Church Services as Contemplative Practice

Posted on July 16, 2024 (July 16, 2024)

  Q: I find it difficult to endure an hour of Sunday Mass, unless the priest happens to be an involving speaker. Many years ago, I effectively left the Catholic Church […]

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Tagged ADHD, Centering Prayer, contemplative spirituality, eucharist, liturgy, rosary, Sunday mass

Centering Prayer and Sexual Thoughts

Posted on June 17, 2024 (June 18, 2024)

  Q: My experience with Centering Prayer in the last few years is that often when I sit down and close my eyes,  sexual thoughts and images come in that […]

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Tagged body sensations, Centering Prayer, centering prayer group, Meditation Chapel, sexuality

Centering Prayer and Sacred Circle Dance

Posted on May 14, 2024 (May 15, 2024)

  by Suzi Kindervatter Centering Prayer has been my core spiritual practice for a more than twenty years.  But over the past decade or so, I’ve also been drawn a […]

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Tagged body practice, Centering Prayer, interfaith, interspiritual, movement, sacred dance, surrender

Centering Prayer and Unloading

Posted on May 14, 2024

  Q: Can fears, anxiety etc. occur during sleep or just during the sit time? I have been practicing Centering Prayer about two years. I often wake in the middle […]

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Tagged 12-step recovery, Centering Prayer, unloading, welcoming prayer

Opening to the Heartbreak of the World: An Experiment in Expanding Practice

Posted on April 29, 2024 (April 30, 2024)

  by Mary Jane Yates, Alberta, Canada I have heard from those who knew him that Fr. Thomas was fond of using the word “experiment” when it came to discerning […]

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Tagged Buddhism, Centering Prayer, Thomas Keating, tonglen

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