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Keating, Thomas.

Open mind, open heart : the contemplative dimension of the Gospel / Thomas Keating.

20th anniversary edition.

New York : Continuum, 2006.

©2006

viii, 190 pages ; 20 cm

This is the twentieth anniversary edition of Continuum's spiritual classic, which has sold over half a million copies in English and has appeared in ten foreign-language editions. The new edition includes a new preface, a reordering of several chapters, an expanded glossary, and some changes in terminology. -- from back cover.

Contemplation.

Prayer -- Christianity.

Dimensions of contemplative prayer -- First steps in centering prayer -- The sacred word as symbol -- The wanderings of the imagination -- The birth of spiritual attentiveness -- More subtle kinds of thoughts -- Unloading the unconscious -- An intensive centering prayer retreat -- Summary of the centering prayer method -- What centering prayer is not -- An overview of contemplative prayer in the Christian tradition -- Guidelines for Christian life, growth, and transformation -- Practices that help to translate the effects of centering prayer into daily life -- The active prayer sentence -- The weekly support group -- The method of centering prayer -- Contemplative outreach.

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