In this paperback on the contemplative dimension of the Gospel, Father Thomas Keating explains contemplative prayer practices. In this excerpt, he shares two practices which can extend the effects of centering prayer into everyday life. One is on openness and the other on love. Father Thomas Keating is known throughout the world as a teacher of and writer on contemplative prayer. A Cistercian (Trappist) monk of St. Benedict's Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado, he is one of the founders of the Centering Prayer Movement.