“To see everything in God and to see God in everything normally takes a lifetime of practice.” Quote by Thomas Keating
“By deepening the spiritual dialogue between the spiritual traditions of the various religions in a spirit of friendship, one begins to understand just what the classical terms of the various spiritual traditions really mean.” MeanSpiritualSpiritTermTraditionVariousDialogueReally Mean Author:Thomas Keating
“The word "emptiness" for example, is a very important word both in Christianity and in Buddhism. It has shades of meaning however, that are different in the respective traditions.” ImportantDifferentChristianityExampleBuddhismTraditionEmptinessShadeImportant Words Author:Thomas Keating
“Finding out what particular insights mean to people in other traditions enables us not only to respect but to love the wisdom of other religions.” PeopleMeanParticularFindingsTraditionInsight Author:Thomas Keating
“I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.” PeopleMenWorldMeanWholeGovernmentCan DoBuildingConcernedToolsInstruments Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“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
“As the years go by, I find myself experiencing God's extraordinary concern, consideration, healing, and what I call in my books, the divine therapy.” YearsBookHealingDivineConcernExtraordinaryTherapyConsiderationExperiencing God Author:Thomas Keating
“God seems willing to act as the most sublime psychologist, psychotherapist, or even psychiatrist if we are willing.” IfsSeemsWillingSublimePsychiatristPsychologistPsychotherapists Author:Thomas Keating
“Every time you have a major breakthrough in self-knowledge, and see the way the divine works within your own psyche, external events, and interior experiences of the divine, you are transformed in some degree.” WaySelfEventsDivineDegreesMajorsTransformedSelf KnowledgeInteriorsBreakthrough 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
“Union with God is really possible. Unity with God I presume, is what is meant by Heaven, but that too is available in this life for the humble of heart.” HeartHeavenUnionsUnityHumbleAvailableThis Life Author:Thomas Keating