Open Mind, Open Heart 20th Anniversary Edition

Thomas Keating O.C.S.O.

Thomas Keating was a Cistercian monk who founded the worldwide 'Contemplative Outreach', teaching people the art of meditation.This is the 20th anniversary edition of Continuum's best-selling spiritual classic, which has sold over half a million in the English language and has appeared in 10 foreign-language editions.This book is designed to initiate the reader into a deep, living relationship with God. Written by an acknowledged spiritual master, the book moves beyond "discursive meditation and particular acts to the intuitive level of contemplation."Keating gives an overview of the history of contemplative prayer in the Christian tradition, and step-by-step guidance in the method of centering prayer. Special attention is paid to the role of the Sacred Word, Christian growth and transformation, and active prayer.The book ends with an explicit treatment of the contemplative dimension of the gospel. Open Mind, Open Heart will take readers into a world where God can do anything, into a realm of the greatest adventure - "Where one is open to the Infinite and hence to infinite possibilities."This is the 20th anniversary edition of Continuum's bestselling spiritual classic, which has sold over half a million in the English language and has appeared in 10 foreign-language editions (Croatian, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesia, Italian, Korean, Polish, and Portuguese). The new edition consists of a substantial new preface, an expanded glossary, some changes in terminology, and a reordering of several chapters.

New edition of bestselling book on centering prayer

1. The History of Contemplative Prayer in the Christian Tradition2. First Steps in Centering Prayer3. The Sacred Word as Symbol4. The Wanderings of the Imagination5. The Birth of Spiritual Attentiveness6. More Subtle Kinds of Thought7. Unloading the Unconscious8. Summary of the Centering Prayer Method9. The Intensive Centering Prayer Experience10. What Contemplation Is Not11. Dimensions of Contemplative Prayer12. Methods of Extending the Effects of Centering Prayer into Daily Life13. Guidelines for Christian Life, Growth and TransformationAppendices