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Number of CDs: 12
Release Date: 18-10-2006
Label: Sounds True
Catalog Number: AF00942D
Barcode: 600835094221
Musical Style: Christianity
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Description:
In the darkest hour of the darkest age, Christian monks developed a meditation tradition unique in the Western world. A 14th-century author described their profound mystical experience as entering the cloud of unknowing. Yet during the 500 years after this great monastic flowering, this precious tradition - and the direct path to union with God it described - was virtually lost.
For decades Father Thomas Keating, together with other monks, examined this great question: could anyone enter the cloud of unknowing through a prayer practice specifically created to attain it? Keating reached back in time for clues about the prayer forms of the Christian mystics. He synthesized his work into a Centering Prayer method that has helped thousands of seekers travel the contemplative path to divine union.
From infancy, Father Keating teaches, we accumulate emotional layers, or programs, as a result of traumatic experiences. The practice of Centering Prayer engages directly with the unconscious and loosens old traumas that hinder your spiritual development. This form of divine therapy draws from a contemplative method that has brought profound inner transformation into the lives of thousands of practitioners. The Contemplative Journey is Father Thomas Keating's great masterwork: a complete curriculum devoted to a Christian path for achieving the still point of resting in God. Includes a 31-page study guide.
LEARN MORE ABOUT:
# The complete history, theory, and daily practice of Centering Prayer
# What the medieval saints knew about resting in God
# The sacred word that revitalizes your prayers
# How to heal the irrational drives that can sabotage your spiritual growth.
Biography:
Father Thomas Keating is an author, teacher, and monk who has worked for many years to foster understanding among the world's religions. A member of the Cistercian Order in the Benedictine tradition, Father Keating has served at monasteries in Colorado and Massachusetts. Now in his 70s, he directs retreats in the practice of Centering Prayer, a cornerstone of contemporary Christian contemplative practice. He is the author of many books, including Open Mind, Open Heart; The Mystery of Christ; Invitation to Love; and Intimacy with God.
