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“If we refuse to think of anything except what we are doing or the person that we are with, we develop the habit of being present to the present moment. …

“Attention, then, is a way of doing what we are doing. It cracks the crust of the false self (our psychological awareness of daily life) in which we are the center of the universe while everything else is circling around our particular needs or desires. This is an illusion, but unfortunately it is the heritage we all bring with us from early life.”

Thomas Keating
The Thomas Keating Reader

 

Save the dates

  • Enrichment for Centering Prayer Group Facilitators – Saturday 12 October via Zoom. Please register here.
  • Welcoming Prayer online course, November 4 – 29, 2024, in partnership with Spirituality & Practice. Registration opens soon.
  • “Thomas Keating: The Making of a Modern Mystic — A Dialogue with Cynthia Bourgeault and David Frenette.” Tuesday December 10 at 1pm Eastern Time via Zoom. More details to come.
  • Date change: United in Prayer Day 2025 will be March 14-15, 2025 via Zoom.

You can read the complete E-bulletin at    https://mailchi.mp/coutreach/2024-sept-e-bulletin?e=9aa0837e74