Transformative Listening Panel Discussion with Thomas Keating, Joseph Boyle, Gail Fitzpatrick Hopler

The theme of this conversation is how full self disclosure and listening applies to the experience of Centering Prayer, and what goes on within us through the working of the Holy Spirit. Our self knowledge deepens. We better know ourselves on all levels. The more we say "yes,” the more the process of transformation deepens. Fr. Thomas and Abbot Joseph also discuss how the role of the monastery can expand to allow laity to experience the monastic life. This discussion was recorded at the 2006 Contemplative Outreach Annual Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. The theme was "Transformative Listening: Whose Voice Are We Listening To?" For other talks from this event by Fr. Thomas Keating and Abbot Joseph Boyle of St. Benedict's Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado, go to    • Transformative Listening  . For more from Contemplative Outreach on the spiritual life and the practice of Centering Prayer, go to https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org.