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I'm elated to find this at #Contemplative Outreach today: The full 100-lesson _Spiritual Journey_ program (free).

"The Spiritual Journey Series ... is the foundation of the teaching legacy of Fr. Thomas Keating (1923-2018), who was one of the principal architects of the #CenteringPrayer movement. ...

"We are called to this journey not just for our own personal growth, but also for the sake of the whole human community."

https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/the-spiritual-journey-series/

I was set onto a #contemplative path at Union Theological Seminary in NYC in 1993. A wise acquaintance pulled Thomas Keating's _Open Mind, Open Heart_ off the bookstore shelf and said, "I think this is for you."

She was right. I went on to encounter Cynthia Bourgeault, whom I've acknowledged as my primary teacher for the past 12 years.

Grateful to be back after a pandemic Dark Night.

Here's Cynthia at her best: 💖🙏🏼

The Heart of #CenteringPrayer: Part 1 of 4
https://youtu.be/TufpAQUXpTo

I’ve been in need of this reminder: “God is not a being external to us, not an object out there, but the subject of all that is. God is Being itself – if you be, if you are, if you have been brought into existence, you are participating in God. We are not separate from God, from one another, or from the earth.”

#Jesus #Contemplation #Intention #Prayer #CenteringPrayer #Theosis #Participation #Episcopal #Anglican #Monastics #Sermon

https://www.ssje.org/2016/12/06/the-radical-practice-of-contemplation-br-keith-nelson/

@JulieFromOhio
#Marxism #philosophy #Lonergan #Catholicisn #Centeringprayer

@khthoniaa @religion I don't #pray as much as I would like. The little I do is in three forms:
1) The #LordsPrayer at #church, recited with others. Sometimes I recite it repeatedly to myself.
2) #CenteringPrayer. More like #meditation around a single sacred word. I usually use pneuma and my own breath.
3) I #journal. I like to include here an expression of #thanksgiving, a #confession of sin, a request or aspiration for someone else, and then one for myself. In that order.

@juglugs Another form of prayer doesn't involve words at all. One simply... becomes receptive, in case there is anything to be received. In so doing, one hones one's capacity for receptivity. The #CenteringPrayer that #ThomasKeating spoke so much about is like this.

More things I love.
#BeeKeeping
#CenteringPrayer
#homemadePizza
#SpiralDynamics
I’ve got a lot of interests!

#introduction 2/2
Nowadays: Raving about #PKM tools in general and #Obsidian in particular. Taking online courses (like Nick Milo's Linking Your Thinking #LYT Workshop). Diving into novels (loving Barack Obama's recommendations). Reigniting #contemplative/#meditation practice (#CenteringPrayer). Weightlifting and riding as an accidental masters athlete. (#CrossFit, #ElliptiGO).

Life's tl;dr: Ultimately, what matters most is kindness. What matters most is connection. What matters most is love.