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The One Who Loves Us: Centering Prayer and Evolving Consciousness

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Centering Prayer is an approach to prayer which involves resting in God in non-conceptual contemplation, and is open to anyone seeking a deeper spirituality. This book looks in particular at how Centering Prayer can be effective at all stages of evolving consciousness. Evolving consciousness, as identified by Integral Theory, refers to different levels of human spiritual deepening. Integral Theory also proposes that when people are unaware of the stages of consciousness, they tend to believe that the perspectives of their own stage(s) are the only true or realistic views, which can lead to confusion and conflict. This book seeks to bring harmony and understanding to people at different levels and in different religious and spiritual traditions.

KESS FREY, born in 1945, grew up in Eagle Rock, California (North Los Angeles). He graduated in Psychology at the University of California, Irvine, and has studied Eastern and Western philosophy, psychology, and religion since 1965. He met Thomas Keating in 1989 and has been involved with Centering Prayer ever since. Mr. Frey lives in Anchorage, Alaska, where he offers introductory Centering Prayer workshops, facilitates prayer groups and retreats, and is active in prison ministry. Kess is the author of Human Ground, Spiritual Ground: Paradise Lost and Found: A Reflection on Centering Prayers Conceptual Background (Portal Books, 2012) and Centering Prayer and Rebirth in Christ on the Tree of Life: The process of Inner Transformation (Portal Books, 2013). Fr. Carl J. Arico is a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey. A founding member of the Contemplative Outreach Spiritual Network and vice president of Contemplative Outreach Ltd., he has been active in the Centering Prayer movement since 1975.

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