It is essential for world peace that the world religions make peace with each other. If they don't, we can hardly expect the nations of the world to lay down their arms.
Thomas KeatingSt. 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 KeatingFinding out what particular insights mean to people in other traditions enables us not only to respect but to love the wisdom of other religions.
Thomas KeatingThe divine therapy helps us integrate our animal nature with the new possibilities of rational consciousness.
Thomas Keating