When I was in Seminary I was introduced to Centering Prayer. One day a week I would go to a Centering Prayer group for discussion and prayer time. I would describe Centering Prayer as an inner connection with God. Thomas Keating, a Trappist monk and priest is considered to be one of the fathers of Centering Prayer. From his website it states this on Centering Pray:
Centering Prayer is a method of silent prayer that prepares us to receive the gift of contemplative prayer, prayer in which we experience God's presence within us, closer than breathing, closer than thinking, closer than consciousness itself. This method of prayer is both a relationship with God and a discipline to foster that relationship.
Centering Prayer is not meant to replace other kinds of prayer. Rather, it adds depth of meaning to all prayer and facilitates the movement from more active modes of prayer — verbal, mental or affective prayer — into a receptive prayer of resting in God. Centering Prayer emphasizes prayer as a personal relationship with God and as a movement beyond conversation with Christ to communion with Him.
The source of Centering Prayer, as in all methods leading to contemplative prayer, is the Indwelling Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The focus of Centering Prayer is the deepening of our relationship with the living Christ. The effects of Centering Prayer are ecclesial, as the prayer tends to build communities of faith and bond the members together in mutual friendship and love.
I have also included a video of Fr Keating describing the method of pray. give it a try. If you are interested in this, please let me know.
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