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Indlæser... The Foundations for Centering Prayer and the Christian Contemplative Life: Open Mind, Open Heart; Invitation to Love; The Mystery of Christaf Thomas Keating
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. A true gem of a book. Thomas Keating's writing reveals a better path to the way you live your life. ( ) Father Keating is a prolific writer of spiritual texts which are considered by contemporaries to be "transformative". That's because he is a Trappist monk (Cistercian Order) whose Catholicism is drawn from genuine spiritual values and is of very little comfort to the hierarchy of the "Religions". For example, he does not trumpet his "belief" and "Faith", but instead, seeks God and is only motivated to help us/others -- to inspire, heal and reveal. My impression is that now, here, toward the end of his remarkable life, he no longer "believes" in God. Like Mother Teresa, who documented her own exhaustion with devotions to which God remains relentlessly silent, he is well past fatigue and anger, and has discovered that Consciousness is divine. That humans are spiritual, and "God" head is a human creation which is not really operational or even necessary in the function of the Church or hierarchy the "Religions". Hence, Religion falls away, leaving the centering praying core. Hint: Anyone who prays "for" things is missing...well, everything. Love -- yourself, others, If God exists, this Loving is the only possible thing he is remotely interested in. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
An indispensable anthology of three of Father KeatingÆs most inspirational works. Open Mind, Open Heart is a classic best-seller. It initiates the reader into a deep, living relationship with God. Keating gives an overview of the history of contemplative prayer in the Christian tradition, and step-by-step guidance in the method of centering prayer. Special attention is paid to the role of the Sacred Word, Christian growth and transformation, and active prayer. Invitation to Love: The Way of Christian Contemplation is the natural next step. In Open Mind, Open Heart, Father Keating presents the beginning of a process of spiritual growth. In this book, he outlines and explains the actual stages of this process, tackling questions such as: How will it affect my life? Where does it lead us spiritually? What obstacles will I encounter along the way? Why is it necessary? How does it work? Also following upon Open Mind, Open Heart, presenting a profound formation in Christian prayer, Mystery of Christ demonstrates the contemplative dimension of Christian worship. Here Father Keating recovers the deeper sense of the liturgical year and shares a theological and mystical perspective on the major feasts of the annual cycle. The reader is immersed in the wonder of faith in the mystery of Christ and of the unique nature of God's action and presence in and through the liturgy of our lives. No library descriptions found. |
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