“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.” NeedsLooksProcessDivineTherapyUnconsciousDynamics Author:Thomas Keating
“is a process of inner transformation, a conversation initiated by God and leading, if we consent, to divine union. One's way of seeing reality changes in the process. A restructuring of consciousness takes place which empowers one to perceive, relate and respond with increasing sensitivity to the divine presence in, through, and beyond everything that exists.” IfsWayRealityProcessConsciousnessSeeingDivineConversationTransformationUnionsRelatePerceiveEmpoweringConsentSensitivityRestructuring Author:Thomas Keating
“We're obviously at the edge of something quite new in humanity's experience. That is this globalization process which isn't just economic or social, but involves the interpenetration of cultures, people moving to different places several times in their lifetime, traveling for business or pleasure, and marrying people of very different cultural backgrounds, all of which was almost impossible a hundred years ago.” PeopleYearsDifferentMovingHumanityCultureSocialProcessPleasureImpossibleEconomicHundredYears AgoLifetimeEdgesBackgroundsTime TravelGlobalizationDifferent PlaceMarrying Author:Thomas Keating
“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.” SeemsWantedFallProcessFalling In LoveObstaclesGod Love Author:Thomas Keating
“Your relationship with God, others, yourself, and all creation keeps changing for the better. Most of the world's religions have developed maps to describe this process.” WorldProcessCreationMapsOur RelationshipRelationship With GodChange For The Better Author:Thomas Keating
“St. Teresa of Avila wrote: 'All difficulties in prayer can be traced to one cause: praying as if God were absent.' This is the conviction that we bring with us from early childhood and apply to everyday life and to our lives in general. It gets stronger as we grow up, unless we are touched by the Gospel and begin the spiritual journey. This journey is a process of dismantling the monumental illusion that God is distant or absent.” IfsSpiritualGrowsCausesProcessPrayerGrowing UpOur LivesJourneyChildhoodPrayingIllusionDifficultyStrongerEverydayConvictionTouchedEveryday LifeAbsentSpiritual JourneyEarly ChildhoodTeresa Book:Fruits and Gifts of the Spirit Source: Fruits and Gifts of the Spirit
