Invitation to love [[electronic resource] ] : the way of Christian contemplation / / Thomas Keating

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452635503321
• Autore: Keating Thomas
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Bloomsbury, c2012
• ISBN: 1-4411-8044-3; 1-282-13340-3; 9786613805980; 1-4411-4376-9
• Edizione: [20th anniversary ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Disciplina: 240.5; 248.34
• Soggetti: Love - Religious aspects - Christianity; Contemplation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Half title; About the author; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Emotional Programs for Happiness; 2 The False Self in Action; 3 The Afflictive Emotions; 4 The Human Condition; 5 Mythic Membership Consciousness; 6 Attitudes Towards God; 7 Mental Egoic Consciousness; 8 The Four Consents; 9 Bernie; 10 Anthony as a Paradigm of the Spiritual Journey; 11 The Night of Sense: Freedom from the False Self; 12 Special Trials in the Night of Sense; 13 Anthony in the Tombs: Freedom from Cultural Conditioning; 14 The Fruits of the Night of Sense; 15 The Stages of Contemplative Prayer16 The Night of Spirit; 17 The Transforming Union; 18 The First Four Beatitudes; 19 The Last Four Beatitudes; 20 The Essence of Centering Prayer; 21 A Pure Faith; 22 From Contemplation to Action; 23 Contemplation in Action; 24 Spirituality in Everyday Life; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Notes; Glossary of Terms; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: Invitation to Love provides a road map for the journey that begins when Centering Prayer is seriously undertaken. Pointing to some of the ; recognizable landmarks on this journey, as well as to its ultimate destination, Father Keating addresses common questions regarding contemplative practice: How will it affect my life? Where does it lead us spiritually? What obstacles will I encounter along the way? How does it work? Following on from Open Mind, Open Heart, this book establishes a dialogue between the insights of contemporary psychology and the classic Christian spiritual masters, providing a