Invitation to love : the way of Christian contemplation / Thomas Keating.

Invitation to Love provides a road map for the journey that begins when Centering Prayer is seriously undertaken. Pointing to some of the recognizable landmarks on this journey, as well as to its ultimate destination, Father Keating addresses common questions regarding contemplative practice: How wi...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Keating, Thomas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Continuum, 2012.
Edition:20th anniversary ed., rev. and updated.
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Table of Contents:
  • Half title; About the author; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Emotional Programs for Happiness; 2 The False Self in Action; 3 The Afflictive Emotions; 4 The Human Condition; 5 Mythic Membership Consciousness; 6 Attitudes Towards God; 7 Mental Egoic Consciousness; 8 The Four Consents; 9 Bernie; 10 Anthony as a Paradigm of the Spiritual Journey; 11 The Night of Sense: Freedom from the False Self; 12 Special Trials in the Night of Sense; 13 Anthony in the Tombs: Freedom from Cultural Conditioning; 14 The Fruits of the Night of Sense.
  • 15 The Stages of Contemplative Prayer16 The Night of Spirit; 17 The Transforming Union; 18 The First Four Beatitudes; 19 The Last Four Beatitudes; 20 The Essence of Centering Prayer; 21 A Pure Faith; 22 From Contemplation to Action; 23 Contemplation in Action; 24 Spirituality in Everyday Life; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Notes; Glossary of Terms; Bibliography.