Q: I have a 30-year daily contemplative practice with numerous multi-day, self-directed silent sitting retreats and long, intensive Zen retreats. I’d like to do a self-guided, multi-day Centering Prayer […]
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by Joy Andrews Hayter Northern California, USA But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in […]
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Q: I’ve been doing Centering Prayer for six months. I find it so hard. I’ve never felt any quiet or silence. I just turn up but I’m always saying […]
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God’s silence is our meeting place, our commons. By entering, we consent to God’s grace peeling away the rind of our small selves, transforming our wrongdoings, virtues, moralities, and […]
Q: I experience an exaggerated startle reflex during Centering Prayer. The physical jolt in response to any sound, including the concluding bell, is distracting and distressing. I realize that simply […]
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by Diane Ryan member of the Contemplative Outreach Ltd trustee team Breckenridge, Colorado, USA The Buddhist monks have completed their journey from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, D.C. They […]
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by Sue Kenney California, USA Impossible, you say. Unbelievable, you mutter. Nineteen men of various ages, from various places, speaking various languages. They walk. Simply walk. Step by step. […]
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Q: Fr Keating teaches that during Centering Prayer sessions, one may experience emotions for which there is no explanation and the way to deal with them is to sink […]
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image: Lawrence Hamilton, Rita Weick and Stephen Cardoza We would like to introduce ourselves. We are the Contemplative Outreach Prison Outreach Service Team, or COPOST. We were founded in 2022. […]
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Q: Theravada monks from Thailand are marching for peace from Texas to Washington DC. Where are our own spiritual and faith leaders during this [chaotic] time? Where are the members […]
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