“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
“While doing centering prayer, the practice is to let go of any thought or perception. The priority is to be as silent as possible and when that is not possible to let the noise of the thoughts be the sacred symbol for a while, without analyzing them.” PrayerPracticeLetting GoPerceptionSacredSilentPrioritiesNoiseSymbolsAnalyzingCenteringCentering Prayer Author:Thomas Keating
“If you accept the belief that baptism incorporates us in the mystical body of Christ, into the divine DNA, then you might say that the Holy Spirit is present in each of us, and thus we have the capacity for the fullness of redemption, of transformation.” IfsBodyMightSpiritBeliefChristAcceptingDivineHolyCapacityTransformationRedemptionHoly SpiritMysticalDnaFullnessBaptismBody Of Christ Author:Thomas Keating
“Psychotherapy is what God has been secretly doing for centuries by other names; that is, he searches through our personal history and heals what needs to be healed - the wounds of childhood or our own self-inflicted wounds.” NeedsHas BeensSelfNamesChildhoodCenturyWoundsHealHealedPsychotherapyPersonal HistorySelf InflictedSelf Inflicted Wounds Author:Thomas Keating
“Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else.” ShowsAudienceOne ThingExpecting Author:Conrad Hall
“In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.” PrayerAttentionObjectsExpressionSacredIntentionCenteringCentering Prayer Author:Thomas Keating
“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.” ThinkingGivingMayMomentsValuesRealizingChancePrayerManifestCenteringCentering Prayer Author:Thomas Keating
“If happiness were easy, everybody would feel it all the time, and it wouldn't seem like such an elusive prize.” IfsFeelsSeemsEasyPrizeElusive Book:A Place of Yes: 10 Rules for Getting Everything You Want Out of Life Source: A Place of Yes: 10 Rules for Getting Everything You Want Out of Life
“A man can be drawn across the room with the simplicity of a smile. Thats why your pearly whites should always be straight and shiny. I think most of my clients are drawn to a fun, flirty nature in a woman. The problem is, most women do not often feel fun and flirty.” ThinkingMenFeelsShouldProblemFunRoomsSimplicityClientsFlirty Author:Patti Stanger