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I love Thomas Keating. He introduced me to centering prayer. Don’t you just love the way he talks? Such a calming presence about him. Thanks for posting
Like Sue, I love Thomas Keating. Thank you for posting this.
Thank God the Dalai Lama isn’t the only spiritual sage around.
This is wonderful. It is encouraging, and challenging. I think it is profound that he speaks of contemplative spirituality in a Trinitarian way, which is how we both connect with other faiths of the world and also offer our unique revelation at the same time.
The wonderful spirit that Thomas Keating discusses here shines through in the words of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, the rabbi and mystic most involved in consultations with Vatican officials during Vatican II. The story of his role and his ideals is told movingly and concisely in the following booklet: http://www.ajc.org/atf/cf/{42d75369-d582-4380-8395-d25925b85eaf}/WIDE%20HORIZONS.PDF