Resources
Books
Books by Thomas Keating
Open Mind Open Heart. This is the standard introductory text to Centering Prayer.
Intimacy with God: An Introduction to Centering Prayer
Invitation to Love. This provides a succinct summary of Keating’s “Spiritual Journey” material.
Consenting to God as God is
God Is All In All: The Evolution of the Contemplative Christian Spiritual Journey
That We May Be One: Christian Non-duality
The Secret Embrace. A book of eight poems.
Other authors
Cynthia Bourgeault’s books speak to those from both a Christian and non-Christian background:
Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening
The Heart of Centering Prayer
Thomas Keating: The Making of a Modern Christian Mystic
David Frenette
The Path of Centering Prayer, Deepening Your Experience of God A good book to refresh your practice.
Online Materials
A wealth of video recordings and articles is available from the resources page of Contemplative Outreach (U.S). In particular there is an in depth online course, Spiritual Journey freely available. If you cover two lessons a week, you’ll complete the course in a year.
The Contemplative Outreach YouTube channel has many recordings of Thomas Keating, Cynthia Bourgeault, David Frenette, Carl Arico, Mary Dwyer.