That We May Be One: Christian Non-duality
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In That We May Be One: Christian Non-Duality by Thomas Keating points to the ultimate destination of the spiritual journey.
One of the chief architects of the Centering Prayer movement, Keating has guided countless people of all walks on the contemplative path toward wholeness. He speaks to the inner transformati
Thomas Keating
Beloved Trappist monk Thomas Keating is best known as the one of the primary founders of the Centering Prayer movement, which made the contemplative dimension of Christianity accessible through a simple method of silent, still meditation. He is also known as the convener of the Snowmass Interreligious Conference, which helped birth the global Inter-spiritual movement. Born in New York City in 1923, Keating's open invitation to people of all walks to embark on a spiritual journey, coupled with his emphasis on the oneness of all creation, made him a 20th-century harbinger of 21st-century ideals. By promoting the practice of contemplative prayer through the non-profit Contemplative Outreach, Keating reached Christians within and beyond his Roman Catholic tradition, including 12 Step groups, incarcerated people, and people of all traditions and none-simultaneously connecting with contemplatives worldwide. Keating's work effectively expanded the common ground where spiritual diversity thrives in unity with what he called "the human family."Keating often mused on the transformative power of silence, as revealed in one of his favorite sayings "Silence is God's first language. Everything else is a poor translation." Keating's love of silence infused his monastic life and spilled into the many books he wrote, including Open Mind, Open Heart, Invitation to Love, Intimacy with God, and Divine Therapy and Addiction. Thomas Keating died on the 25th of October 2018 at the age of 95.
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That We May Be One - Thomas Keating
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contents
Foreword by Cynthia Bourgeault
Chapter One
The Western and Scriptural Models of Spirituality
Chapter Two
The Invitation of the Christian Contemplative Tradition
Chapter Three
The Self and Evolving Consciousness
Chapter Four
Christian Non-duality and Unity Consciousness
Chapter Five
The Present Moment and All That Is
Chapter Six
Fallen, Beloved, Surrendered
Further Reflections
Guidelines for Christian Life, Growth & Transformation from Open Mind, Open Heart
About the Press
About the Author
Ispeak this in the world so that they may share my joy completely...As you sent me into the world, so I send them into the world. And I consecrate myself for them, so that they may be consecrated in truth...So that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they may be in us...I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they many be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know you sent me, and that you love them even as you loved me. Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me...that the love with which you have loved me may be in them and I in them."
– JESUS OF NAZARETH, Gospel of John
Foreword
by Cynthia Bourgeault
THOMAS K EATING ONCE REPORTEDLY QUIPPED to one of his Vedanta colleagues, Contemplative Outreach is my day job; the interspiritual dialogue is my night job.
He knew full well—and accepted fully—that his major