Intimacy with God: An Introduction to Centering Prayer

Helpful diagrams - suggest you skip to pages 1-80 inclusive at a first reading first -(that's the "practice" section). As a C.of.E adherent, found much that was of course strongly Catholic in the other portions. Initially it seems the practice is not much more than "Be still and know that I am God!", and helpful advice about dealing with distracting thoughts. In the later stages it is implied that the welcomed Lord - both "within" ("Christ in you the hope of glory", Jesus statement at the Last Supper "I in you and you in me") - and "without" ,always present ("Where can I go from your Spirit....?" etc) ... will interact with us so that as John the Baptist said "He must grow greater and I lesser!" to achieve his great Plan for us. I don't at my stage experience this interaction - but I can believe it will increase the manifestation of the Fruis Of the Spirit, and draw me closer to the Lord. So that at our end it will be all of Him and nothing of me - lost in his love and goodness!

Inspiring reading

Not even 25 pages in, I know I'm going to love and cherish this book. I know I'm going to get this for some friends too.

I was recommended to buy this book by a friend - I have just started reading it, although I am not too familiar with some of the terms used in the book - not being of the same faith as the author but from what I have read there will be useful lessons that I can take from this book.

a good introduction to centering prayer, clearly written and helpful

I am pleasantly surprised by Thomas Keating's approach tpo prayer which makes absoloute sense and provides a way of gradually progressing to finding God's presence in one's life.

This book gives a clear expose of prayer, and provides answers to many of the questions people are asking to-day

Just what I need just now - and for always.