January e-bulletin

“I was speaking [with Thomas Keating] on this topic of unity, what a prayer of Christian unity and unity practice might be, and how it would relate to Centering Prayer. It was a lively topic for [Thomas]. And he said, “Well, it’s a very subtle thing. If you share it with people, it’s not easily communicated. You’re going to have to be very subtle yourself.” So you can almost call it subtle prayer, a kind of consciousness that’s always here, that we’re ‘living and moving and having our being in’, but we’re not awake and alive to it. So that’s what Centering Prayer practice does. It brings us into contact with something that is hidden and subtle and vast, but we need to be refined in our consciousness in order to experience it.”

David Frenette, from the 2026 January dialogue with Cynthia Bourgeault

Recording:
Cynthia Bourgeault and David Frenette in Dialogue
Nonduality and Unity Consciousness

In case you missed this free spiritual enrichment offered in early January, you may find the video recording here (about 60 minutes). If you would like to donate to support this free offering, you may do so here.

 

 

Q: … To avoid ‘thoughts’ during Centering Prayer, I find it helpful to pray in tongues, but I have never heard this mentioned in this connection…. Do you have some useful advice on this subject: pro or con?

A: Read the full question and Leslee’s response here.

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