May e-bulletin

May 29, 2025/in Events /by Peter Donnelly

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“What to do with this revelation of a Reality that is beyond reality? A Reality that is beyond being and nonbeing. A Reality that just is, and which has chosen to invite us to IS too. By just being, by just having been born, here we are automatically in relationship to That Which Is. Relationship and being are the same. Being is relationship. You can’t be without being together with everything else that is. …

“This God is awesome but incredibly tender, close, loving, intimate, fatherly, motherly, sisterly, brotherly, friendly, engaged, soul friend, partner, companion, beloved, spouse, and the ultimate unity. We’re never separate from God. We just think so. … When you do Centering Prayer or something similar that cultivates silence, you’re really cultivating intimacy with God, whoever that is. …”

Thomas Keating
excerpted from “Falling Into the Hands of the Living God” video, filmed in 2013

Q: I am a long-time traveler on the contemplative and eco-spirituality path. I recently was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease and find the tremors to be disruptive to Centering Prayer. Have you any resources to offer?

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A: Read Lindsay’s response here.

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