Silence is God's language, and it's a very difficult language to learn. Thomas Keating More Quotes by Thomas Keating More Quotes From Thomas Keating The capacity for emotional sobriety belongs to everybody in the human family and leads to a fully human response to the adventure and goodness of the gift of human life. Thomas Keating sobriety emotional adventure It is essential for world peace that the world religions make peace with each other. If they don't, we can hardly expect the nations of the world to lay down their arms. Thomas Keating world-religions arms essentials The divine therapy helps us integrate our animal nature with the new possibilities of rational consciousness. Thomas Keating consciousness helping animal In the Christian perspective, the love of God and of all other human beings invites us to share and enjoy not just the best of the human potential as it evolves, but participation in the divine life itself. Thomas Keating perspective god-love christian Science and technology has tried to offer an alternative to religion by making a god out of human reason, but that didn't work out too well. Thomas Keating alternatives work-out technology 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. Thomas Keating practice prayer letting-go In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will. Thomas Keating expression prayer attention All religions proclaim the advantages of peace, loving one another, and "doing to others what we would like them to do to us." Thomas Keating advantage One of the great purposes of religion itself is being hindered by an exclusive-ism that doesn't take into account the common elements and values that we actually share. Thomas Keating isms elements purpose I venture to say that it's not enough to respect and tolerate religions other than our own. Thomas Keating tolerate venture enough 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. Thomas Keating humble heart heaven Religions have a special responsibility to encourage and inspire people to love planet earth, which as far as we know, is the only place in the cosmos that works in such a harmonious way that it can support intelligent life. Thomas Keating intelligent responsibility people 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. Thomas Keating change-for-the-better maps world God seems willing to act as the most sublime psychologist, psychotherapist, or even psychiatrist if we are willing. Thomas Keating psychiatrist psychologist sublime 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. Thomas Keating tradition spiritual mean The whole immigration issue suggests the inevitability of people in our time seeking economic security that they can't find at home, which usually involves bringing their religion with them. One's children are going to be married to people outside their religious traditions as well as inside. Thomas Keating religious home children 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. Thomas Keating baptism dna body God is a tremendous supporter of creation, especially of all living beings. Thomas Keating supporter creation 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. Thomas Keating healing book years 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. Thomas Keating buddhism different important
