Centering Prayer Quotes:

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.

- Thomas Keating

topic: Prayer, Thinking, Giving, Centering Prayer, Centering

In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.

- Thomas Keating

topic: Prayer, Expression, Attention, Centering Prayer, Centering

This mystical stream [contemplative prayer] is the Western bridge to Far Eastern spirituality.

- Tilden Edwards

topic: Prayer, Bridges, Spirituality, Centering Prayer, Contemplative Prayer

Centering prayer is a training in letting go.

- Thomas Keating

topic: Letting Go, Prayer, Training, Centering Prayer, Centering

While doing centering prayer, the practice is to let go of any thought or perception. The priority is to be as silent as possible and when that is not possible to let the noise of the thoughts be the sacred symbol for a while, without analyzing them.

- Thomas Keating

topic: Letting Go, Prayer, Practice, Centering Prayer, Centering

I've practiced centering prayer. I've contemplatively prayed. I've prayed liturgically... I've benefited from each, and I still do. In ways you'll see, elements of each style are still with me.

- Larry Crabb

topic: Prayer, Style, Elements, Centering Prayer, Centering

Other forms of relating to God that have unique value in connecting us to Him include contemplative prayer and centering prayer.

- Larry Crabb

source: Larry Crabb, Lawrence J. Crabb (2007). “The Papa Prayer: The Prayer You've Never Prayed”, p.27, Thomas Nelson Inc

topic: Centering Prayer, Contemplative Prayer, Centering