Originally published: Warwick, N.Y. : Amity House, 1986.

Paraphrase of the Hymn Veni Sancti Spiritus -- What Contemplation Is Not -- Dimensions of Contemplative Prayer -- The History of Contemplative Prayer in the Christian Tradition -- First steps in Centring Prayer -- The Sacred Word as Symbol -- The Ordinary Kinds of Thoughts -- The Birth of Spiritual Attentiveness -- The More Subtle Kinds of Thoughts -- The Unloading of the Unconscious -- Summary of the Centering Prayer Method -- The Intensive Centering Prayer Method -- Methods of Extending the Effects of Contemplative Prayer into Daily Life

This book is designed to initiate the reader into a deep, living relationship with God. Written by an acknowledged modern spiritual master the book moves one beyond "discursive meditation and particular acts to the intuitive level of contemplation". He gives an overview of the history of contemplative prayer in the Christian Special attention is paid to the role of the Sacred Word Christian growth and transformation, and active prayer. The book ends with an explicit treatment of the contemplative dimension of the gospel. Open Mind, Open Heart will take you into a world where God can do anything, into realm of the greatest adventure. "Where one is open to the Infinite and hence to infinite possibilities."