Law of Three (52) Centering Prayer and The Law of Three

THE LAW OF THREE (52)

CENTERING PRAYER AND THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY

"Just by the very nature of our birth, we are on the spiritual journey" 

Thomas Keating.

 Thomas Keating says:

"Our basic core of goodness is our True Self."

"The acceptance of our basic goodness is a quantum leap on the Spiritual Journey."

"This basic core of goodness is capable of unlimited development, indeed of becoming transformed into Christ and deified."

The True Self, our basic core of goodness, is the Self engaged in the spiritual journey. This Self is"capable of unlimited development, capable of becoming transformed into Christ and deified."

Centering Prayer and the Law of Three forces

The Law of Three stipulates that nothing is brought about, changed or accomplished unless three independent forces are involved.  In Centering Prayer the intention is to consent to God's presence and action within ourselves.  The three forces are:  i. intention (the active or initiating force); ii. thoughts (the passive or resisting force); and iii. consent (the reconciling force). When these three independent forces act in harmony, a "gate if consciousness" opens permitting Gods action  

It is essential to distinguish the two different forces which intervene in C.P :  intention and consent. Intention comes from the Ego and Consent from the True Self *)

True consent may give rise to unsuspected events:

"God will bring people and events into our lives, and whatever we may think about them, they are designed for the evolution of his life in us." Thomas Keating.