35. The False Self in Action, Part 2, with Thomas Keating

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Fr. Keating is amazing!

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Only discovered him today! So down to earth - and perceptive! 👍 just what i was looking for, really - a spiritual mentor with insight into the problems encountered by those of us labelled "mentally ill" - an advisor who is NOT beholden to psychiatrist OR other professionals - ie the suffering we endure is both physical and spiritual and Fr. Keating describes a very practical way forward that puts to onus on us, as individuals to take responsibility - and thereby control - of our own vehaviour/ mh issues. And. He gives examples from modern life (eg how our phones, computers can interfere with our good intentions - if we LET them. And that is one area where I've been going wrong. Easy enough to acknowledge phone addictio - much much harder to overcome it. First we have to realize the psychology of it. And how our minds are like putty in the hands of tele-marketeers - because THAT is how phones work. I am 66 years of age and WORSE than any child or teenager. An app for this and an app for that. Cannot get the ordinary everyday things done, the things that keep life ticking over... 🙏