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E. Bond

@ericbbond.bsky.social

centeringprayer:
breathe deeply
settle body
open mind
raise heart

gently, slowly
when thoughts bubble
release the prayerword, Peace

+clear
#adventcalendar

December 14, 2024 at 1:08 PM

koopa kleric 🦖📿❤️‍🔥

@koopakleric.net

where I'll be for the next 8 days
#centeringprayer #silence

image of an orange upholstered conference center chair with zafu and prayer shawl on it, and an icon of Our Lady with the infant Christ on her lap on the wall behind the chair

October 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM

Paulist Fathers

@paulistfathers.bsky.social

#CenteringPrayer is the topic of a recent episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social.

Here is a another clip from the episode with guest Colleen Thomas.

Colleen is Diversity Outreach Coordinator for Contemplative Outreach and host of the “Opening Minds, Opening Hearts” podcast.

February 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM

Graeme 🦋

@fatherhilarious.blog

Dear John (12:25), I saw this and thought of you. #CenteringPrayer
Subtext of clock manufacturer... death stalks your every move, so party like it's 1999.

Clock with writing:
"Dost thou love life"
(above the click face)
"Then do not squander time"
(below)
Green wooden surround, metal clock face with embossed words, "Time and ride tarry for none"

August 30, 2024 at 6:33 PM

Mark Lepper

@thelepper.bsky.social

Anyone here have any experience starting, leading, or participating in a #CenteringPrayer group in a #prison setting?

July 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM

Mystic 1

@1mystic1.bsky.social

Thomas Merton — Silence as Presence

Merton reminds us that silence is not absence but presence.

Amazon.com/author/my...

#Enlightenment #spiritual #mysticism #faith #awakening #jesus
#HolySilence #VoiceOfSilence #SilentPresence #gay #SacredStillness #ThomasMerton #CenteringPrayer #MertonInstitute

November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM

markrobertfrank.bsky.social

@markrobertfrank.bsky.social

Though we may use different languages to describe something, that doesn't mean we're speaking of different things.

#Zen #Buddhism #Christianity #meditation #zazen #prayer #contemplation #contemplativeprayer #centeringprayer #Merton #ThomasMerton #interfaith #emptiness #Dharmakaya #God #Buddha

February 26, 2026 at 7:38 PM

Mystic 1

@1mystic1.bsky.social

Merton reminds us that silence is not absence but presence.

Amazon.com/author/my...

#Enlightenment #spiritual #mysticism #faith #awakening #jesus #god #orthodox #christ
#HolySilence #VoiceOfSilence #SilentPresence #booksky #maga #SacredStillness #ThomasMerton #CenteringPrayer #MertonInstitute

October 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM

Mystic 1

@1mystic1.bsky.social

❤️‍🔥 Centering Prayer ❤️‍🔥

Just 30 seconds
Sit in silence
Choose a sacred word
Let everything else fall away

Amazon.com/author/mystic1

#spiritual #mysticism #gay #booksky #awakening #jesus #orthodox #christ #catholic #contemplation #christian #meditation #belief #CenteringPrayer #StillnessAndGod

October 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM

Mystic 1

@1mystic1.bsky.social

🤲 Centering Prayer 🤲

Just 30 seconds
Sit in silence
Choose a sacred word
Let everything else fall away

Amazon.com/author/mystic1

#Enlightenment #spiritual #mysticism #faith #awakening #jesus #god #orthodox #christ #catholic #contemplation #christian #meditation #belief #CenteringPrayer #booksky

October 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM

Desta🌀

@desta-g.bsky.social

Spiritual Practice: Centering Prayer

🔹Find a quiet space
🔹Choose a sacred word (e.g., love, peace)
🔹Sit in stillness, eyes closed
🔹Gently repeat your word when distracted
🔹Rest in Divine presence 🌟
🔹Start with 10-20 minutes

#SpiritualPractice #CenteringPrayer #stillness

November 24, 2024 at 1:57 PM

Brad Blocksom

@hodidaskalos.bsky.social

The method of #CenteringPrayer - part 2 (20 min. video).

youtu.be/pX6XtDuRaqY?...

#SpiritualFormation #Prayer #SpiritualDirection

The Method of Centering Prayer - Part 2, with Thomas Keating

YouTube video by Contemplative Outreach

youtu.be

November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM

Elevating Good Podcast

@elevategoodpod.bsky.social

Yes. Life is hard sometimes but you were meant to live it. Learn from the waves. Breathe. You’ve got this. God’s got you. Now go. Live! #centeringprayer #centering #God #good #dogood #dogoodbegood #elevategood #elevatinggood #elevatinggoodpodcast #elevategoodpod

February 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM

Virgin Monk Boy

@virginmonkboy.bsky.social

Your breath isn't a productivity hack. It's the original divine technology.
Before churches, apps, or influencers—there was presence.

Sit down. Shut up. Plug in.

⚡️Read the scroll:
www.virginmonkboy.com/p/presence-t...

#MysticTech #MagdaleneGnosis #CenteringPrayer #VirginMonkBoy #BreatheAndBe

Presence: The Original Divine Technology

What if Presence wasn’t just a vibe, but divine tech we forgot how to use? Jesus and Rumi ran the same spiritual OS. Hustle culture replaced it with burnout. Time to reinstall the original code.

www.virginmonkboy.com

July 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM

Queer Catholic Esotericists

@queercatholics.bsky.social

We are all interconnected, a single web. Original Unity. 🌐 This Christian notion of the imago Dei mirrors the Zen concept of the non-duality of self and world. Wake up to our oneness. #ThomasKeating #NonDuality #CenteringPrayer #ProgressiveTheology

December 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM

E. Bond

@ericbbond.bsky.social

centeringprayer:
give yourself
space to relax, time to center

unbothered by sensation, emotion, thought
when they arise, release them
in the wake of their departures,
allow Spirit in
with the prayerword, Welcome

+prepare
#adventcalendar

December 21, 2024 at 2:26 PM

Peter Englert

@pdenglert.bsky.social

I want to be where my feet are
I want to breathe the life around me
I want to listen as my heart beats
Right on time…

— #CenteringPrayer Porter’s Gate