Psychotherapy is what God has been secretly doing for centuries by other names; that is, he searches through our personal history and heals what needs to be healed - the wounds of childhood or our own self-inflicted wounds.
Thomas KeatingScience and technology has tried to offer an alternative to religion by making a god out of human reason, but that didn't work out too well.
Thomas KeatingOnly when we can accept God as he is can we give up the desire for spiritual experiences that we can feel.
Thomas KeatingThe best way to understand another person's religion is to listen to the story of what particular practices helped them to deepen and to embody their religion, especially its spirituality.
Thomas Keating