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.
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.
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.
sublime psychologist psychiatrist
God seems willing to act as the most sublime psychologist, psychotherapist, or even psychiatrist if we are willing.
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.
practice stories way
The best way to understand another person's religion is to listen to the story of what particular practices helped them to deepen and to embody their religion, especially its spirituality.
venture enough tolerate
I venture to say that it's not enough to respect and tolerate religions other than our own.
isms purpose elements
One of the great purposes of religion itself is being hindered by an exclusive-ism that doesn't take into account the common elements and values that we actually share.
technology work-out alternatives
Science and technology has tried to offer an alternative to religion by making a god out of human reason, but that didn't work out too well.
humanity brain needs
We need to develop the intuitive capacities of the brain that some geniuses have manifested over humanity's lengthy history.
practice lifetime
To see everything in God and to see God in everything normally takes a lifetime of practice.