Centering Prayer is a form of Christian meditation that leads to contemplation, a silent way to let God work in us. This ancient method of prayer is described at the Contemplative Outreach web site, which contains many rich resources.
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Invitation to Love, by Thomas Keating is my synopsis of the book.
I came to you late, O Lord. For you were within me but I was outside myself, and sought you there. You were with me when I was not with you. You called and cried and burst my deafness. You gleamed and glowed and dispelled my blindness. You touched me, and I burned for your peace. For you yourself have made us, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you. I came to you late, Beauty ever old and ever new. You have broken my bonds apart; to you I will offer up an offering of praise. St. Augustine