Richard Rohr on Oprah Radio

Can you imagine men like Kirk Cameron of Way of the Master, or John MacArthur of Grace to You, or David Hocking of Hope for Today, or Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel...being interviewed on Oprah Radio about prayer? Of course not. The only people interviewed about prayer on this radio program would be those who have the same New Age spirituality as Oprah and friends. So it's interesting to see Richard Rohr, whose books and teachings are finding their way into many churches and Christian universities, being interviewed about contemplative prayer here...

Finding time for prayer doesn't have to be difficult. Father Rohr says his daily contemplative practice is simply letting go of all thoughts. "Whatever obsessive thought, compulsive thought, negative or paranoid thought or feeling—whatever comes, try to gently let go of it." He says that it can be hard to do, because you have to let go of all the things that you think you are. "We think we are our thoughts, we think we are our feelings," he says. "Once you see [these] ways of thinking, it clears out. You move to a deeper level beyond your thinking—that's the experience of conscious union."

-Richard Rohr in a conversation with Dr. Oz on Oprah Radio
Contemplative Prayer
http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahradio/moz/moz_20070207

Listen HERE to Dr. Oz talk with Father Rohr about "helping people find deeper spiritual enlightenment by gaining a greater understanding of their personality through the Enneagram personality system, an ancient tool that explains how human personality works."

More on the ecumenical Richard Rohr here:

Who is Richard Rohr?
morebooksandthings.blogspot.com

What is the Enneagram?
The Enneagram
watchman.org