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HEARTFULNESS
RETREAT
Transformation in Christ

Friday, October 5, 3pm to
Sunday, October 7, 3pm

Dunrovin Retreat Center
Marine on St. Croix
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• We are an ecumenical group of women and men ministering together to nurture the spiritual lives of Minnesota's Centering Prayer practitioners.  We do this by providing teachers, sharing resources and building community.
• Centering Prayer is an ancient form of Christian meditation that deepens a practitioner's relationship with God.
• Minnesota Contemplative Outreach is one of more than 120 chapters in 30 countries formed by National Contemplative Outreach, Ltd., a worldwide spiritual network that provides support and resources for Centering Prayer Practitioners.
• We have 21 teachers offering classes, retreats and other enrichment opportunities throughout the year.  We also support Centering Prayer groups throughout the state.

Invitation To Love

Letting Go of the False Self

Wash away my hidden faults.

Psalm 19:12 NJB

One of the biggest impediments to spiritual growth is that we do not perceive our own hidden motivations. Our unconscious, prerational emotional programming from childhood and our overidentification with a spec-ific group or groups are the sources from which our false self----our injured, compensatory sense of who we are---gradually emerges and stabilizes. The influence of the false self extends into every aspect and activity of our lives, either consciously or unconsciously. Centering Prayer and more particularly contemplative prayer for which it is a preparation, brings us face to face with this "false self" in several ways: The initial act of consent to letting go of our surface “I” with its programs, associations, commentaries, etc. in itself drives a fatal wedge into the false self. As we rest in prayer, we begin to discover that our identity is deeper than just the surface of our psychological awareness. (IL, 3)

Revelation 3:8 NJB
Look, I have opened in front of you a door
that no one will be able to close…

From:
The Daily Reader for Contemplative Living

Excerpts from the works of Father Thomas Keating
Compiled by S. Stephanie Iachetta

Continuum Books