Response to Divine Love – Nov. 9, 2018
“Divine love is not an attitude that one puts on like a cloak. It is rather the right way to respond to reality. It is the right relationship to being, including our own being. And that relationship is primarily one of receiving… An important part of the response to divine love, once it has been […]
Receiving – Nov. 8, 2018
“The sacred word is the symbol of consenting to God’s presence. Eventually the will consents of itself without need of a symbol. The work of the will in prayer is real work, but it is one of receiving. Receiving is one of the most difficult kinds of activity there is. To receive God is the […]
The River Itself – Nov. 7, 2018
“In centering prayer we begin to shift our attention from the boats and objects on the surface to the river itself. The river in this analogy has no qualities or characteristics. It is spiritual and limitless because it is a participation in God’s being.” -Thomas Keating, Open Mind, Open Heart
Freedom – Nov. 6, 2018
“Some thoughts are attractive to us because we have an attachment to them springing from the emotional programming of early childhood. When such thoughts go by, all our lights start flashing because of our heavy emotional investment in the values that they stimulate or threaten. By training ourselves to let go of every thought and […]