{"id":173,"date":"2010-08-07T13:12:03","date_gmt":"2010-08-07T12:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/?page_id=173"},"modified":"2025-07-26T18:35:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T17:35:06","slug":"other-authors-and-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/resources\/other-authors-and-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Authors and Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Check out &#8220;The Four Monks&#8221; video from Contemplative Outreach<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Four Monks\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TFxkoQJCZew?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Notes from a Deep Conversation. <\/strong>&nbsp;Fr Thomas Keating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without thinking or feeling some emotion, there is just awareness. There is then no desire for bliss, enlightenment, or to teach others. Things are just as they are. In that so-called emptiness, enjoyment arises of itself. As soon as we try to enjoy, the enjoyment ceases. Somehow at the bottom of emptiness (openness, pure awareness), there is enjoyment, fullness, presence and peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Notes-from-a-Deep-Conversation1.pdf\">Read more here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>_______________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-South-East-Radio-Interview.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fr. Tom Dalton pp &#8211; Talking about Centering Prayer on South East Radio &#8211; June 2016<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/tom-Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/tom-Large-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"tom (Large)\" class=\"wp-image-412\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The following are some books you may find helpful on your journey:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Centering-Prayer-Awakening-Cynthia-Bourgeault\/dp\/1561012629\">Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Cynthia Bourgeault<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Published by Cowley, New York, Toronto and Plymouth UK.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISBN 10:1-56101-262-9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cloud-Unknowing-Privy-Counseling-Original\/dp\/0385030975\">The Cloud of Unknowing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Author unknown<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edited and with an Introduction by William Johnston<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Published by Doubleday, New York <\/em>ISBN 0-385-03097-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Loving-Search-God-Contemplative-Unknowing\/dp\/0826408516\">The Loving Search for God: Contemplative Prayer and The Cloud of Unknowing. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By William A Meninger<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Published by Continuum, New York and&nbsp; London <\/em>ISBN 0-8264-0851-6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Centering-Healing-Unconscious-Murchadh-Madagain\/dp\/1590561074\">Centering Prayer and the Healing of the Unconscious <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Murchadh O Madagain<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Published by Lantern Books, New York <\/em>ISBN 978-1-59056-107-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/New-Seeds-Contemplation-Thomas-Merton\/dp\/081120099X\">New Seeds of Contemplation <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Thomas Merton<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Published by New Directions <\/em>ISBN 0-8112-0099<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out &#8220;The Four Monks&#8221; video from Contemplative Outreach Notes from a Deep Conversation. &nbsp;Fr Thomas Keating. Without thinking or feeling some emotion, there is just awareness. There is then no desire for bliss, enlightenment, or to teach others. Things are just as they are. In that so-called emptiness, enjoyment arises of itself. 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