spiritual journey
Opening to Our Pre-Existing Union with God
Bethany Retreat Center 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville, PA, United StatesPresenter: Keith Kristich So many of us grow up with the message that God is the great, old Guy-in-the-Sky. This God loves the world, but is ultimately separate from it and separate from us. But the great contemplatives say otherwise, that God is the Heart of our hearts and the very Center of our souls.
Contemplative Spirituality in a Contemporary Time
Bethany Retreat Center 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville, PA, United StatesPresenter - Susan Komis What is contemplation? In addition to exploring three stages critical to our spiritual journey relative to prayer and faith in ordinary life, this extended weekend retreat will include presentation and discussion on the dynamic of the many people who are beginning to experience and live a contemplative life in our contemporary
From Seeker to Sage: Journey to the Unknowable — A Center Prayer Retreat via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesThis is a three-day online Centering Prayer retreat via Zoom August 20th (Friday, starting at 5:30pm Central Daylight Time) to August 22nd (Sunday, ending at 12:30pm CDT) This is co-sponsered by Contemplative Outreach of New Orleans and the School for Contemplative Living. The presenter is Susan Komis of Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. The retreat will consists
Introduction to Centering Prayer via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesAre you looking for a way to explore or deepen your relationship with God? In our introductory workshop to Centering Prayer, you will discover a centuries-old prayer method. Centering Prayer consists of simply sitting in silence with God - beyond thoughts, words, and emotions - and opening our mind, heart and whole being to the
Basic Centering Prayer via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesIf you have taken the Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop and want to make Centering Prayer a daily practice, this six-week basic course is the next step. Each week, you will view a video-taped talk on the Spiritual Journey by Fr. Thomas Keating, followed by group discussion. The course will cover such topics as prayer as
Spirituality in Everyday Life via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesIn this six-week course, Fr. Keating continues to expand on the human condition, using St. Anthony of Egypt as a paradigm of a pilgrim on the spiritual journey and shows how this early desert saint’s struggles mirror ours with the false self. Fr. Keating then takes us beyond the struggle to liberation from the false-self
Heartfulness workshop – via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesIn the Heartfulness 9-week series, Fr. Thomas Keating reminds us that we are called by God to open to a new reality that is our true Self … the image and likeness of God. The path to this true Self and all its fruits and gifts is the challenge of becoming fully human, and to
From Seeker to Sage: Journey to the Unknowable
Bethany Retreat Center 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville, PA, United StatesThis retreat experience provides an opportunity to come together to explore and reflect upon the following: The various paths of life we have traveled. Stages of prayer related to faith development. Our personal spiritual journey; from Awakening, to Seeker, to Servant, to Sage. Realization that we have been led every step of the way by
Guard of the Heart via Zoom
Internet - Online , United States“One practice to bring the effects of contemplative prayer into daily life is traditionally known as “Guard of the Heart.” This consists of letting go of every emotional disturbance as it arises and before we start thinking about it. This method is more sophisticated than dismantling the emotional programs for happiness because it deals with
The Humanity of Thomas Merton
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesThough Thomas Merton lived as a contemplative monk studying, writing, and praying, he remained vulnerable in his humanity, making him most accessible to us. Seen through the lens of grace, Merton’s teaching can help us learn to reach for God through our imperfections. During our time together, we will focus on developing a relationship with
Human Condition – Via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesThis six-week course will begin introducing you to Fr. Keating’s core material of the Spiritual Journey Series and the process of healing our human condition. In these videotaped lectures, he offers an evolutionary model for human development, describes the pre-rational energy centers, and introduces us to the concept of the false self with its afflictive
Divine Therapy Workshop – via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesDivine Therapy is a six-week course that takes a more advanced look at the process of spiritual transformation. Fr. Keating integrates into his teachings St. John of the Cross’s Dark Night of the Soul, also called the Night of Sense, which describes a feeling of God’s absence in our lives or the “Biblical desert.” From
