The Contemplative Journey, Volume 2: Contemplation and Transformation from Christianity's Mystical Tradition

By Thomas Keating

In the darkest hour of the darkest age, Christian monks developed a meditation tradition unique in the Western world. A 14th-century author described their profound mystical experience as entering the cloud of unknowing. Yet during the 500 years after this great monastic flowering, this precious tradition--and the direct path to union with God it described--was virtually lost.For decades, Father Thomas Keating, together with other monks, examined this great question: Could anyone enter the cloud of unknowing through a prayer practice specifically created to attain it? Keating reached back in time for clues about the prayer forms of the Christian mystics. He synthesized his work into a Centering Prayer method that has helped thousands of seekers travel the contemplative path to divine union.From infancy, Father Keating teaches, we accumulate emotional layers, or programs, as a result of traumatic experiences. The practice of Centering Prayer engages directly with the unconscious and loosens old traumas that hinder your spiritual development. This form of divine therapy draws from a contemplative method that has brought profound inner transformation into the lives of thousands of practitioners. The Contemplative Journey is Father Thomas Keating's great masterwork: a complete curriculum devoted to a Christian path for achieving the still point of resting in God.Learn More About: The four elements essential to your spiritual healthThree on-the-spot questions to diagnose core troublesHow to overcome deeply ingrained habits with prayerMastering the three essential human relationshipsThe true purpose of marriageHow to use Centering Prayer as a spiritual antibiotic

• Format: Audio CD
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159179336X
• ISBN13: 9781591793366
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Sounds True
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.9" x 9.8"