I
remember his visit very clearly. He was an imposing fellow--very tall with long
robes that billowed around him in the Iowa wind. You could see him coming for
blocks away.
I
never knew until now that the "Dom Thomas" who visited MIU was Thomas Keating. A
few years ago, a friend gave me a pamphlet by Keating with instructions for
performing "centering prayer." When I read them I was immediately struck by the
similarity to TM. ("When you become aware of thoughts, return
ever-so-gently to the sacred word." "The principal effects of centering prayer
are experienced in daily life, not in the period of centering prayer
itself.")
I'm not finding it online now, but I recall that the instructions for
centering prayer mentioned that the "sacred word" is NOT something you purchase
or get from an authority figure. I remember thinking at the time that the person
who came up with centering prayer was obviously trying to adapt TM for the
public domain. Now we know the rest of the story.
Geoff
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Sutphen
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Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . FEATURE . Transcendental Meditation . July 8, 2005 | PBS
dude indeed. He has written quite a number of good
books. He saw both the benefits of TM opening an
interior spiritual life for people and the unfortunate
cult aspects that can come out of the social dynamics
of a meditating group. A very balanced guy. I remember
he stayed in our Frat, 152, and we had to be very
quiet for him because he went to bed at 8:00pm!
--- Robert Gimbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I remember back in 1976, the Abbott of the Trappist
> Monestary in
> Massechesets, visited what was MIU then, and offered
> some observations.
> He had been the Abbott there since 1945, and seemed
> quite serene and
> balanced. He said that he had had deeper experiences
> in prayer by
> using TM first, to get to a deeper state, and then
> pray from that
> deepeer state. He did not see any problem with
> meditating and being a
> Catholic, and the Abbott of the Monestary.
> He went on to say that some of the deeper, more
> escoteric teachings of
> the church, had been removed during the reformation,
> as the leaders of
> the church at that time felt threatened by people
> flocking to other
> alternative religions, and so, the watering down,
> dogmatic process,
> began, and that is what we have today.
> Some people need that kind of dogma in their life;
> you seem the same
> kind of thing in the military. No questioning, and
> the high value of
> loyalty at all costs.
> Also, it is well documented the many holocausts that
> have been created
> in the name of religion, and the attitude that "our
> god is better,
> than yours.
> Also, the idea that Jesus is some kind of a god
> misses the whole point
> of his life.
> Jesus was foremost a teacher, but most
> interpretations, starting with
> tthe Romans, tries to caste him in the role of God
> or Son of God, like
> the Roman concept of Caesar, who also was condidered
> a god.
> In the middle ages the church persuted people for
> healing powers, and
> the like, and many thousands were burned at the
> stake.
> The church has been the cause of many insanities.
> So, I could go on and on, but that's all for now...
> good nite to all.
>
> In [email protected], Rick Archer
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
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