Thomas Keating
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
Guard of the Heart, A Traditional Way to Enrich Your Contemplative Practice via Zoom
Internet - Online , United States"Guard of the Heart … disposes us to let go of personal likes and dislikes and to accept painful situations as they arise." “It deals with the whole of life. It expresses our ongoing intention to be with God in the present moment and sustains it.” - Fr. Thomas Keating as told to Bob Mischke
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
Six Continuing Sessions to the Introduction to Centering Prayer: ZOOM ONLY
Center for Contemplative Living in Elm Grove WI 890 Elm Grove Road, The Village Court, WI, United States“Centering Prayer is a practice that sensitizes us to God’s presence that is already there.” - Thomas Keating The inner world is not always familiar to us. Designed for beginners, longtime practitioners have benefited from revisiting the basics from a new level. Bring your questions as we together become grounded in this prayer based on
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
Celebrating The Life of Thomas Keating – via Zoom
Internet - Online , United StatesJoin Contemplative Outreach Philippines in an online event to mark the third anniversary of Fr. Thomas' passing. A talk will be given by Fr. Carl Arico (9pm to 10pm Eastern Time on Sunday; 9am to 10am Manila time on Monday morning), followed by a memorial mass (10pm to 11pm Eastern Time on Sunday; 10am to
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
The Dynamic Center of Being: Awakening to Unity through Centering Prayer with David Frenette via Zoom
Internet - Online , United States11am – 1pm Pacific Time (noon Mountain; 1pm Central; 2pm Eastern; 7pm London (BST); UTC 19:00) Free; suggested donation $35 USD Many of us struggle these days with fear, outrage and uncertainty in the face of personal and global change, loss and collapse. All these struggles share a single root: a sense of separation —