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Cultivating Contemplative Conversations
Article by Margaret Benefiel (December 2018 eNews) In conversations with our “contemplative cousins,” both in follow-up discussions since the August 2017 Snowmass gathering where 20 young contemplatives gathered and in other settings, the question often arises, “What method of prayer does Shalem teach? Contemplative Outreach teaches Centering Prayer, World Community for Christian Meditation teaches the…
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The life that is
Too often in a search for a richer life, a fuller life, one’s eyes become blinded to the immediate wonder of the life that is. ~Gerald May
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Reflections on Openness, Contemplation, and Love
Today’s post is by Tom Adams I was eager to attend the Gerald May Seminar on the Compassion of the Mystics with Bernard McGinn. Since embracing the practice of centering prayer a couple of years ago, my interest in love and how love grows has been front and center. I figured compassion and love were…
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The quieter you become
The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Ram Dass
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Compassionate toward yourself
Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world. ~Lao Tzu
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Thomas Keating and Centering Prayer
Today’s post is by Mary van Balen I’m not sure when I began reading books by Thomas Merton. Probably late high school or early college. I’m also not sure how I discovered them. Though I was naturally drawn to contemplative prayer, the word was unfamiliar to me until Merton’s writings provided it. “Contemplative” was not…