We are kept from the experience of Spirit because our inner world is cluttered with past traumas . . . As we begin to clear away this clutter, the energy of divine light and love begins to flow through our being.

For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine.

The root of prayer is interior silence.

Only when we can accept God as he is can we give up the desire for spiritual experiences that we can feel.

One of the values of centering prayer is that you are not thinking about God during the time of centering prayer so you are giving God a chance to manifest. In centering prayer there are moments of peace that give the psyche a chance to realize that God may not be so bad after all. God has a chance to be himself for a change.

All religions proclaim the advantages of peace, loving one another, and "doing to others what we would like them to do to us."

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.