World Without End

by Thomas Keating, Lucette Verboven, Joseph Boyle

Overview

In these conversations with film maker and writer Lucette Verboven, Thomas Keating OCSO – bestselling author, Trappist monk and founder of the Centering Prayer movement – looks back on his long life and spiritual development. Following on from his previous books Invitation to Love, Open Mind, Open Heart and The Mystery of Christ, Father Keating now turns his attention to the themes of awakening, the nature of true happiness and the character and purpose of death.

World Without End also contains an interview with Abbot Joseph Boyle OCSO, who presides over the monastery where Father Keating is resident, high in the Rocky Mountains in Snowmass, Colorado.

Verboven's insightful questions probe into the depths of Father Keating's spirituality, discussing identity, transformation, silence, nature and the cosmos – themes universal and applicable to all those searching for a deeper and more meaningful life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472942494
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	01/26/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Thomas Keating OCSO is known throughout the world as an exponent, teacher, and writer on contemplative prayer. A Cistercian (Trappist) monk of St Benedict's Monastery, Snowmass, Colorado, he is a founder of the Centering Prayer Movement and of Contemplative Outreach. He is the author of numerous books, particularly of the trilogy Open Mind, Open Heart; Invitation to Love; and The Mystery of Christ. Among his most recent books is The Daily Reader for Contemplative Living, compiled by S Stephanie Iachetta.

Lucette Verboven is a Flemish writer and film producer. She has produced a number of major television series for Flemish/Dutch television and is the author of The Dominican Way.
Father Thomas Keating is known throughout the world as an exponent, teacher, and writer on contemplative prayer. A Cistercian (Trappist) monk of St. Benedict's Monastery, Snowmass, Colorado, he is a founder of the Centering Prayer Movement and of Contemplative Outreach. He is the author of numerous books, particularly of the trilogy Open Mind, Open Heart; Invitation to Love; and The Mystery of Christ. Among his most recent books is The Daily Reader for Contemplative Living, compiled by S. Stephanie Iachetta.

Father Thomas Keating is known throughout the world as an exponent, teacher, and writer on contemplative prayer. A Cistercian (Trappist) monk of St. Benedict's Monastery, Snowmass, Colorado, he is a founder of the Centering Prayer Movement and of Contemplative Outreach. He is the author of numerous books, particularly of the trilogy Open Mind, Open Heart; Invitation to Love; and The Mystery of Christ. Among his most recent books is The Daily Reader for Contemplative Living, compiled by S. Stephanie Iachetta.
Lucette Verboven is a Flemish writer and film producer. She holds a Master's degree in English Literature from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. She has produced a number of major television series for Flemish/Dutch television and is the author of a bestselling book, Pelgrim in het Leven, which includes a chapter on Timothy Radcliffe.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction 1

A Journey 3

Part 2 'To Enter into the Unveiled Presence of God': Conversations with Father Thomas Keating 15

1 A Lonely Time 17

2 The Spiritual Journey 21

3 Close Encounters 45

4 Awakening 60

5 Happiness 67

6 The Suffering of a Teacher 73

7 After Death 80

8 A Cosmology 89

9 On the Road Again 97

Part 3 'A Place Where God Can Dwell': Conversations with Abbot Joseph Boyle 105

1 Captivated by an Experience 107

2 Maintaining a Faith Centre in the Valley 113

3 Father Thomas 118

4 Centering Prayer in an Uncentred Time 123

5 Purifying the Ego 126

6 Past and Future 135

7 A Clear Sky 142

8 Aspen 145

9 Life and Death 147

Appendix 1 Biography of Father Thomas Keating, OCSO 151

Appendix 2 Biography of Abbot Joseph Boyle, OCSO 153

Acknowledgements 154

Notes 157

Bibliography 161

Editorial Reviews

09/04/2017
Keating, a Cistercian monk of St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass, Colo. and founder of the Centering Prayer movement, sits down for an interview with writer and film producer Verboven (The Dominican Way) in this slim, dense, and instructive book that also includes an interview with Catholic philosopher Boyle. Throughout the conversation, which is transcribed directly from the interview recordings, Verboven probes Keating about his spiritual journey, the process of awakening, and the nature of death in relation to God. Verboven begins with his spiritual journey but moves quickly to deeper discussions of Centering Prayer as a method of orientation, happiness and suffering, life after death, and cosmology. In the last third of the book, Verboven elicits history about the monastery and about “centering prayer in an uncentred time” from Catholic philosopher Boyle. Readers interested in the Order of Saint Benedict or Catholics seeking greater understanding of the spiritual impulse will find much to appreciate. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

"Readers interested in the Order of Saint Benedict or Catholics seeking greater understanding of the spiritual impulse will find much to appreciate." - Publishers Weekly

"A lively and always fascinating look at the life and ministry of Father Thomas Keatin." - Spirituality and Practice

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