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Thomas Keating

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To be a contemplative is to be an outlaw.

Thomas Merton, Rain and the Rhin (via thelongsearch)

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Bergman och Fårö // Marie Nyreröd, 2004

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Meditation is like giving a hug to ourselves, getting in touch with that awesome reality in us. While meditating we feel a deep sense of intimacy with God, a love that is inexplicable.

Paramahansa Yogananda (via stardust-seedling)

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Mother Teresa’s business card | via peoplelivingpassionately

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Book Review – Reflections on the Unknowable by Thomas Keating Mark Votava, markvotava.com

After practicing a monastic life for over seventy years, Thomas Keating has written a wonderful book about his wisdom on what it means to seek God. A strong theme that really stood out to me was t…

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Boketto, the act of gazing vacantly into the distance, without thinking. Here’s a lovely contemplation on this concept embodied:

Boketto is a Japanese word which frankly doesn’t have a good English translation.

The idea behind Boketto is staring at the sky without a thought… Losing ones own self in the distance.

I happened across the word in a forum today and was struck by how perfectly I understand it.

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By waiting with Me before you begin the day’s activities, you proclaim the reality of My living Presence.

Sarah Young | Jesus Calling

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SERIOUSLY. THIS. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/centering-prayer/id844280857?mt=8

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I do not know You God because I am in the way. Please help me to push myself aside.

Flannery O'Connor's, A Prayer Journal (via beingblog

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If you comprehend it, it’s not God.

St. Augustine

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I neglect God and his Angels, for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.

John Donne

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Relax in My healing, holy Presence. Be still, while I transform your heart and mind. Let go of cares and worries, so that you can receive My Peace. Cease striving, and know that I am God. Do not be like Pharisees who multiplied regulations, creating their own form of “godliness.” They got so wrapped up in their own rules that they lost sight of Me. Even today, man-made rules about how to live the Christian life enslave many people. Their focus is on their performance, rather than on Me. It is through knowing Me intimately that you become like Me. This requires spending time alone with Me. Let go, relax, be still, and know that I am God. Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! —Psalm 46:10 nkjv

Sarah Young | Jesus calling

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Uniquely beautiful quietest places:

1. A subway tunnel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGmEFKyB1kU

2. A frozen lake - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCjlK5qRF-I

3. A hospital - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPy301GIz3Y&feature=youtu.be&a

4. A beautiful countryside - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlWirLrnEso

5. An art museum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk9HblFUK74

6. With a deer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ0Zj1WIyn4

7. A church still recovering from WWII - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKdAKShS0DA

8. A natural history museum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLPEEda__k

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May 4 Meet Me in morning stillness, while the earth is fresh with the dew of My Presence. Worship Me in the beauty of holiness. Sing love songs to My holy Name. As you give yourself to Me, My Spirit swells within you till you are flooded with divine Presence. The world’s way of pursuing riches is grasping and hoarding. You attain My riches by letting go and giving. The more you give yourself to Me and My ways, the more I fill you with inexpressible, heavenly Joy. Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. —Psalm 29:2 nkjv Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy. —1 Peter 1:8

Sarah Young | Jesus Calling

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Thomas Keating in Greenville, SC, USA

FALLING INTO THE HANDS OF THE LIVING GOD

Contemplative Outreach United in Prayer Day

Saturday, March 15, 2014  --   9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Markley Chapel, Christ  Church  Episcopal

Greenville,  South  Carolina