ENGLISH

Open mind, open heart- the contemplative dimension of the Gospel

By Thomas Keating

Book information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2008
ISBN
0826406963, 0826414206
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
86 MB (89835717 bytes)
Edition
20th Anniversary Edition
Pages
\204
Topic
Religion
Time added
2023-06-11 13:09:24
Contemplationprayer

Description

Prayer to the Holy Spirit vii Introduction 1 PART I 1 Dimensions of Contemplative Prayer 11 2 First Steps in Centering Prayer 18 3 The Sacred Word as Symbol 32 4 The Wanderings of the Imagination 43 5 The Birth of Spiritual Attentiveness 65 6 More Subtle Kinds of Thoughts 78 7 Unloading the Unconscious 95 8 An Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat 115 9 Summary of the Centering Prayer Method 120 A Meditation 129 PART II 10 What Centering Prayer Is Not 133 11 An Overview of Contemplative Prayer in the Christian Tradition 140 12 Guidelines for Christian life, Growth, and Transformation 158 Appendices 1 Practices That Help to Translate the Effects of Centering Prayer into Daily Life 167 2 The Active Prayer Sentence 171 3 The Weekly Support Group 173 4 The Method of Centering Prayer 175 5 Contemplative Outreach 182 Glossary of Terms 185

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