Thomas Keating Quotes

While doing centering prayer, the practice is to let go of any thought or perception. The priority is to be as silent as possible and when that is not possible to let the noise of the thoughts be the sacred symbol for a while, without analyzing them.

Thomas Keating

• Prayer
• Perception
• Silent
• Priorities
• Analyzing
• Centering

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• While doing centering prayer, the practice is to let go of any thought or perception. The priority is to be as silent as possible and when that is not possible to let the noise of the thoughts be the sacred symbol for a while, without analyzing them.

  

  Thomas Keating
  • Prayer
  • Perception
  • Silent