The Human Condition: Contemplation and Transformation (Wit Lectures.)
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One of the founders of the Centering Prayer movement, Thomas Keating offers a reflection on contemplative prayer, the human search for happiness and our need to explore the inner world. The spiritual search for God, he says, is also the search for ourselves. Drawing from Christian mystical tradition, Eastern and Orthodox religions, contemporary psychology, and the recovery model, Keating shows how the practice of contemplation can become a process of psychological and spiritual transformation. And as we move into a global culture, this process is of greater importance than ever.
He begins with the great questions of self-knowledge: "Who are you? Where are you hiding?" The seemingly fruitless search for human happiness hinges on the answers to these: "Where am I in relation to God, myself and others?" and "Whoever I think I am, I am not." The contemplative journey is "divine therapy" for the illness of the human condition, a way to open up gradually to our own wounded unconscious. It is an excuse in letting go of the false self, which is the only self we know, and in realizing that God is the only true security. Divine love is the full affirmation of who we are.
Writing with simplicity and depth, Keating brings common sense, extraordinary enlightenment, and fifty years of experience to the topic and the practice of discovering the presence of God.
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Customer ReviewsThe Human Condition, Contemplation and Transformation
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A wonderful introduction to contemplation. Keating has written an easy to understand description of contemplation as a journey of the soul.
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the book came in great time and was in excellent condition. thanks
Spirituality and Psychology
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Very engaging and readable discussion of deepening ones awareness of and response to God that combines spiritual tradition with psychological insights. Ive given several as gifts.
absolutely great book
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As a professional therapist I thought some of the insights involving divine therapy were profound and as someone who meditates daily using Keatings concept of centering prayer has been a deeply enriching addition to my practice.
True self versus false self
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This was my first introduction to Thomas Keating. The book was recommended by a friend. The book will be relished by those who see our culture as too focused on appearances and not enough on self. Those who are wanting to "look at the log in their own eye versus the speck in their neighbors" will find this book helpful. Short and easy to read but much fruit for reflection.
This is the 20th anniversary edition of Continuums best-selling spiritual classic, which has sold over half a million in the English language and has appeared in 10 foreign-language editions (Croatian, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesia, Italian, K
Manifesting God is about the principles of contemplative prayerthe retreat into the "inner room" mentioned by Jesus in Matthew 66, where the individual is able to meet God. In the inner room, the silent space in which God unloads the burdens and fals
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