Thomas Keating
Thomas Keating
For the famous art forger of the same name, see Tom Keating. For the American football player of the same name, see Tom Keating...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth7 March 1923
CountryUnited States of America
challenges divine humans
For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine.
chiefs
The chief thing that separates us from God is the thought that we are separated from God.
falling-in-love obstacles god-love
What I really wanted was to fall in love with God. It's amazing what obstacles there are within us, or at least in me, that seem to slow this process.
prayer powerful helping
Perhaps the shortest and most powerful prayer in human language is help.
deep-love two-friends silence
In human relationships, as mutual love deepens, there comes a time when two friends convey their exchanges without words. They can sit in silence sharing an experience or simply enjoying each other's presence without saying anything.
loss technology promise
Technology isn't fulfilling its promise of unlimited progress and solving every problem through technology. With the Enlightenment and its aftermath, there already was a general loss of confidence in the Western religions.
humility acceptance reality
The complementary movement towards divine love is growth in humility which is the acceptence of the reality about ourselves, our own weakness and limitations.
prayer roots silence
The root of prayer is interior silence.
sublime psychologist psychiatrist
God seems willing to act as the most sublime psychologist, psychotherapist, or even psychiatrist if we are willing.
prayer thinking giving
One of the values of centering prayer is that you are not thinking about God during the time of centering prayer so you are giving God a chance to manifest. In centering prayer there are moments of peace that give the psyche a chance to realize that God may not be so bad after all. God has a chance to be himself for a change.
looks dynamics needs
Lent is a time to renew wherever we are in that process that I call the divine therapy. It's a time to look what our instinctual needs are, look at what the dynamics of our unconscious are.
prayer expression attention
In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.
world-religions arms essentials
It is essential for world peace that the world religions make peace with each other. If they don't, we can hardly expect the nations of the world to lay down their arms.
discovery essentials our-time
The wisdom of all religions has to be respected. The discoveries of science are also essential for our time and the future.