Spiritual, But Not Religious? (with Father Thomas Keating)

Father Keating, you are a shame to the true and orthodox Catholic Church. You are no longer working for Christ and His Church. I shudder to think that you actually know for whom you are working...whenever a Christian meditates, it should ALWAYS be on Christ through contemplative prayer. This is just a bunch of truly dangerous jibberish. AND YOU KNOW IT!!!

Read the book "From Zarathustra to Ken Wilber", and you'll get the point...

I was in AA for some years and had a transformative experience just before I had given up hope in AA's way. I was opened up to see what would work for me and I agree with these two. I meditate and that brings up my pain and I have chosen a spiritual program to guide me through the pain. it seems to me that I need both of them equally although I resisted heavily the idea of a right way. I just found a way for me.

Alchoholism is a great reason to enter spirituality. trancend alcoholism. It's extremely possible and inevitable.

Realities of life... sheesh. I am very capable of not slashing my wrists. If I were to need to suicide, I'm sure I'd find a way. :)

spiritual and religious is "obviously" the key.

Krishina.... i'm the way and the truth...

John 14:6 - Jesus said unto him, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me."
Mark 12:32 - And the scribe said unto Him, "Well, Master, thou hast said the truth, for there is one God, and there is none other than He."
Matthew 7:13 - "Enter ye in at the strait gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be who go in thereat."

Too bad Jesus DIDN'T WRITE ANYTHING DOWN , also its a bummer that Christ didn't speak Greek or Latin neither did his dicsiples .But we have faith that whoever wrote it down got Jesus words verbatim...more than 100 years after his death...sweet.

The spirituality is separate from the fundamentalism you describe, though.