The relationship of Centering Prayer to Intercessory Prayer came up in the E-Course on Intercessory Prayer now happening at Spirituality and Practice. I just added the following comment on the forum for Week 2, session 3 and the Teleconference:
Thoughts on Centering Prayer
I practice the Keating method and I love it. I have never once succeeded in driving out distracting thoughts.
BUT ...
I sure sense a reduction in them when I return again and again to the sacred word I chose.
AND ...
Some of those distracting thoughts seem to be useful and life-changing. Is God speaking to me with distracting thoughts? Maybe. I don't know. As I continue the practice, I do feel a peace and joy which is hard to describe but definitely a motivation to keep on doing it.
On the teleconference I enjoyed the banter betwen Jane and Mary Ann immensely including the idea that the distraction of Intercessory Prayer during Centering Prayer was not so bad a distraction.
love, john + www.abundancetrek.com + “In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.” – Mohandas Gandhi
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