Thomas Keating, author of Open Mind, Open Heart and father of the centering prayer movement, reflects on his life and Christian practice.In these conversations with film maker and writer Lucette Verboven, Thomas Keating OCSO - bestselling author, Trappist monk and founder of the Centering Prayer movement - looks back on his long life and spiritual development.Following on from his previous books Invitation to Love, Open Mind, Open Heart and The Mystery of Christ, Father Keating now turns his attention to the themes of awakening, the nature of true happiness and the character and purpose of death. World Without End also contains an interview with Abbot Joseph Boyle OCSO, who presides over the monastery where Father Keating is resident, high in the Rocky Mountains in Snowmass, Colorado. Verboven's insightful questions probe into the depths of Father Keating's spirituality, discussing identity, transformation, silence, nature and the cosmos - themes universal and applicable to all those searching for a deeper and more meaningful life.

PART ONE INTRODUCTIONA JourneyPART TWO 'TO ENTER INTO THE UNVEILED PRESENCE OF GOD': CONVERSATIONS WITH FATHER KEATING1 A Lonely Time2 The Spiritual Journey3 Close Encounters4 Awakening5 Happiness6 The Suffering of a Teacher7 After Death8 A Cosmology9 On the Road AgainPART THREE 'A PLACE WHERE GOD CAN DWELL': CONVERSATIONS WITH ABBOT JOSEPH BOYLE1 Captivated by Experience2 Maintaining a Faith Centre in the Valley3 Father Thomas4 Centering Prayer in an Uncentred Time5 Purifying the Ego6 Past and Future7 A Clear Sky8 Aspen9 Life and DeathAppendix 1: Biography of Father Thomas Keating, OCSOAppendix 2: Biography of Abbot Joseph Boyle, OCSOAcknowledgementsNotesBibliography