I have that book of his. Yes, it is basically TM
without the endless mantra repetition and no mantra.
One uses a word to bring one's attention back to the
intention of Divine communion.
--- Geoff Gilpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
>
>
> _____
>
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> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 6:47 AM
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> Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Religion & Ethics
> NewsWeekly . FEATURE .
> Transcendental Meditation . July 8, 2005 | PBS
>
>
> Wasn't it in '75? Father Thomas Keating. A very cool
> 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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