Thomas Keating Quotes

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St. Teresa of Avila wrote: 'All difficulties in prayer can be traced to one cause: praying as if God were absent.' This is the conviction that we bring with us from early childhood and apply to everyday life and to our lives in general. It gets stronger as we grow up, unless we are touched by the Gospel and begin the spiritual journey. This journey is a process of dismantling the monumental illusion that God is distant or absent.

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
The chief thing that separates us from God is the thought that we are separated from God.

Thomas Keating
Difficulties arise whenever a committed relationship is succeeding. Love makes you vulnerable.... Your defenses relax and the dark side of your personality arises...

Thomas Keating
You should not take prayer too seriously. There is something playful about God. You only have to look at a penguin... to realize that He likes to play little jokes on creatures.

Thomas Keating
We rarely think of the air we breathe, yet it is in us and around us all the time. In similar fashion, the presence of God penetrates us, is all around us, is always embracing us.

Thomas Keating
God is a tremendous supporter of creation, especially of all living beings.

Thomas Keating
In human relationships, as mutual love deepens, there comes a time when two friends convey their exchanges without words. They can sit in silence sharing an experience or simply enjoying each other's presence without saying anything.

Thomas Keating