Analyzing Quote by Thomas Keating

In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.

— Thomas Keating

Centering prayer is a training in letting go.

— Thomas Keating

“Centering Prayer is an opening, a response, a putting aside of all the debris that stands in the way of our being totally present…

— Basil Pennington

One of the values of centering prayer is that you are not thinking about God during the time of centering prayer so you are…

— Thomas Keating

The disciplines of prayer, silence, and contemplation as practiced by the monastics and mystics are precisely that - stopping the noise, slowing down, and…

— Jim Wallis

I've practiced centering prayer. I've contemplatively prayed. I've prayed liturgically... I've benefited from each, and I still do. In ways you'll see, elements of…

— Larry Crabb

Prayer keeps me centered.

— Alicia Keys

Prayer is the center of the Christian life. It is the only necessary thing. It is living with God in the here and now.

— Anonymous

Prayer is the center of the Christian life. It is the only necessary thing. It is living with God, here and now.

— Henri Nouwen

The determined fixing of our will upon God, and pressing toward him steadily and without deflection; this is the very center and the art…

— Evelyn Underhill

In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.

— Anonymous