Opening to God's
Living Presence
The Interspiritual Invitation
of Centering Prayer
A four-part webinar
series from SDI
Presenter
Keith Kristich
Dates
October 2, 9, 16, 23, 2024
9AM-10:30AM PST
12PM-1:30PM EST
Find your local time zone.
Duration
6 hours (total)
Webinar will be recorded.
God is humanity’s shared Source and common end, the origin and destination of our spiritual journeys. As spiritual companions, we walk with individuals on their unique paths, helping them recognize this fundamental truth. This course explores how Centering Prayer can deepen your contemplative awareness and unite people across diverse backgrounds.
As we journey toward spiritual wholeness, we often find truths and practices that transcend religious boundaries, inviting us into a deeper and more universal experience of the Divine. Centering Prayer is one such practice, emerging from the Christian Contemplative Tradition yet embraced by people of diverse faiths and spiritual backgrounds.
But what is it about Centering Prayer that resonates across such a wide spectrum of spiritual seekers, Christian and non-Christian alike? Centering is not about beliefs but about radical openness and non-conceptual consent to God’s living presence within us – a presence that is closer than our very breath, beyond concept.
Join us as we open our minds and hearts to the God of all, fostering unity in our shared humanity and our shared Source.
everything else is a poor translation.”
― Father Thomas Keating
In This Course, You Will Explore...
- The Foundations of Centering Prayer: Learn the essential principles and practices of contemplative prayer and its role in spiritual growth.
- Quieting the Mind and Opening the Heart: Learn to open the heart and mind to a deeper awareness of God within
- Mapping the Spiritual Journey: Understand the progression from pre-rational to rational, to trans-rational consciousness, and explore the difference between exoteric and esoteric religion.
- Embracing and Trusting the Mystery: Learn to open to God within by embracing and trusting the mystery of the divine, recognizing our shared humanity, and honoring our common spiritual essence.
- The Unifying Power of Centering Prayer: Discover how Centering Prayer fosters unity and understanding among diverse spiritual traditions and communities, cultivating compassion and building a global, inclusive spiritual community.
Join this course to deepen your spiritual practice, connect with the Divine within, and experience the unifying power of Centering Prayer. As a spiritual companion, you will gain insights and tools to help bridge divides and remind those you guide of our shared humanity and divine Source.
Join us as we open our minds and hearts to the God of all, fostering unity in our shared humanity and our shared Source.
Host
Keith Kristich
Keith is a writer and retreat leader bringing an interspiritual approach to spiritual teaching, integrating wisdom from various contemplative traditions while highlighting the often-forgotten mystical teachings of Christianity. Keith is a commissioned Presenter of Centering prayer through Contemplative Outreach, trained with the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation in Leading contemplative prayer groups and retreats, and is a certified teacher of meditation and the Enneagram. Keith Kristich is the founder of Closer Than Breath, an online interspiritual community dedicated to the teaching and practice of contemplative prayer.
Additional Information
- Participants from all spiritual traditions and orientations are welcome in this webinar series as are those with all levels of spiritual experience.
- Each session will run 90 minutes. We understand that the timing of the seminar will not be convenient in every time zone on the planet. For those who have trouble making this time, a recorded copy of each session will be made available to all those who sign up.
- CEU credits are available for all those who participate. SDI will provide a certificate of completion for self-reporting to agencies. More information can be found here: continuing education units (CEUs).
- Cost: $119 for non-members, with significant discounts for SDI members
- Scholarships are available for those facing financial hardship. Please apply here.
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