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Meditation, in the Christian tradition - contemplation, the prayer of the Heart - is forming a world wide community. 

Our website welcomes you to this community. You can learn here about the tradition, how to meditate, how to find a local weekly group, where to go on a Christian meditation retreat, browse our audio and video channels, get books, DVDs, and weekly resources.
Left: Janet Robbins, the UK Coordinator, during National Conference held in High Leigh Centre, Great London, between 14th and 16th June. The theme was One and Many - Unity of faith: Diversities of Belief. See photos.

 

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Leading from the Centre: videos are available

"Meditation is the biggest gift I could give to somebody", said Ray Dalio (photo, founder of Bridgewater Associates) in his talk at the Meditatio Forum held at Georgetown McDonough School of Business. The event had also Sean Hagan and Laurence Freeman as speakers and now all the videos are available in our Meditatio Store.

 

 

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Meditators' Blog 11/6/2013

 by Anne McDonnel
‘To see a world in a grain of sand. And heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in the palm of your hand. And eternity in an hour.’ From Augaries of Innocence, William Blake.

I have just returned from a week in the Isles of Scilly. This is a special place for Mark and I as we have returned to it repeatedly over the years finding it’s natural beauty a constant source of inspiration.

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Entering into Silent Prayer: watch the talks of Jean Vanier and Laurence Freeman

Entering into Silent Prayer: with Jean Vanier and Laurence Freeman

The founder of L'Arche and the director of WCCM led the retreat

You can watch all the videos in our YouTube Channel

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The Music Project

The Music Project is being led by Michael Rathbone and Vincent Bonelli, in London. The idea is to invite people from the Community around the world to contribute music and make a CD.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE SONGS WE RECEIVED

Would you like to be part of this project? We suggest you to send your song file to music@wccm.org with the lyric and a description of yourself in your connection with the Community.

 

 

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Meditatio Newsletter

In the Meditatio Newsletter March Issue you can read Laurence's letter, news about the community and other reflections. In this issue:
- A story on the WCCM pilgrimate to India and Day of Dialogue with the Dalai Lama
- Laurence Freeman's letter
- New Meditatio Centre in London, more news, movie review, infocus and releases

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE NEWSLETTER

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John Main Collected Talks

The Collected Talks of John Main make available to people today the unique and transforming power of his oral teaching. The best form of a spiritual teaching has always been the spoken word. These talks were the first phase of what later became The World Community for Christian Meditation, the global contemplative family that continues to grow through the inspiration of his teaching. Each of the eight sets of the Collected Talks is published as a book with the same title.

 

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John Main Seminar 2013

Desert Wisdom & Oriental Spirituality : Inner Silence

Led by Joseph Wong OSB
Pre-Seminar retreat led by Laurence Freeman OSB
Hong Kong September 16-25, 2013

The practice of Christian meditation taught by John Main can be traced back to the Desert Fathers, in their effort to achieve inner silence and thereby union with God through purity of heart and unceasing prayer. The contemplative-prophetic spirituality of our time is a development from this tradition. Joseph Wong will explore this ancient wisdom, showing its affinity with some Buddhist practices and indicating its contemporary relevance.

JMS 2013 Official Website

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New Meditatio Resources now available

Check out the new resources on Meditatio Store!

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Meditatio Podcast: The Monthly Update

Meditatio Podcast - May 2013

Meditatio Podcast May 2013

Produced and introduced by Leonardo Correa - Contact: leonardo@wccm.org
In this May edition:
• Fr. Laurence Freeman for the first time in Russia
• The retreat in France with Jean Vanier and Fr. Laurence
• Meditation in Prisons: interview with David Schubert, from US
• The Music Project: "Jagadishvara", by Cyprian Consiglio OSB Cam

 

Weekly Readings

An excerpt from John Main OSB, “Letting Go,” JOHN MAIN: ESSENTIAL WRITINGS, Modern Spiritual Masters Series (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2002), p. 127.

One of the most difficult things for Westerners to understand is that meditation is not about trying to make anything happen.

Weekly Teachings

The Desert and the Stream

The spiritual path moves through self-knowledge to knowledge of God, as we have already heard in the words of many a mystic or spiritual teacher.

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