In a crisis of choice when you are perplexed and do not know which way to go, it might be good to consult several persons.
—Thomas Keating
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For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine.
—Thomas Keating
Perhaps 90 percent of its desires, psychologists say, are unconscious; in other words, many of our deepest commitments to symbols of security, power, and affection in the culture are rooted in desires that are absolutely impossible to achieve.
—Thomas Keating
Silence is God’s first language; everything else is a poor translation.
—Thomas Keating
Only when we can accept God as he is can we give up the desire for spiritual experiences that we can feel.
—Thomas Keating
God will bring people and events into our lives, and whatever we may think about them, they are designed for the evolution of His life in us.
—Thomas Keating
Nothing is more helpful to reduce pride than the actual experience of self-knowledge. If we are discouraged by it, we have misunderstood its meaning.
—Thomas Keating
Little by little we are able to hear the still small voice in the hurricane, the earthquake, or the fire. God is hidden in difficulties. If we can find him there, we will never lose him. Without difficulties, we do not know the power of God’s mercy and the incredible destiny he has for each of us. We must be patient with our failures. There is always another opportunity unless we just go ashore and stay there.
—Thomas Keating
When the presence of God emerges from our inmost being into our faculties, whether we walk down the street or drink a cup of soup, divine life is pouring into the world.
—Thomas Keating
The great treasure that interreligious dialogue among the world religions could unlock is to enable people to get to know and love other religions and the people who practice them. The
—Thomas Keating
The fact that we experience anxiety and annoyance is the certain sign that, in the unconscious, there is an emotional program for happiness that has just been frustrated.
—Thomas Keating
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