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John Main Collected Talks Word into Silence

Word into Silence is the first of eight sets of John Main’s collected talks. This set of talks was given in the 1970s in England as an introduction to meditation and a means of encouragement for those who had begun to meditate.

 

 

 

 

 

CD1 Introduction to Christian Meditation

1 Being Restored to Ourselves
2 Learning to be Silent
3 The Power of the Mantra
4 The Fullness of Life

CD2 Meditation: The Christian Experience
1 The Self
2 The Son
3 The Spirit 4 The Father

CD3 Twelve Talks for Meditators (Part 1)
1 Introduction
2 The Tradition of the Mantra I
3 The Tradition of the Mantra II
4 Saying the Mantra I
5 Saying the Mantra II
6 Leaving Self Behind
7 John Cassian

CD4 Twelve Talks for Meditators (Part 2)
1 Set Your Mind on the Kingdom
2 Realizing Our Personal Harmony I
3 Realizing Our Personal Harmony II
4 A Present Reality
5 Christian Community I
6 Christian Community II

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4 Audio CDs - published by Medio Media
Book published by Canterbury Press

 

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John Main Anniversary

Raimon Panikkar once said of John Main, who died thirty years ago today, on 30th December 1982:

John Main harmonized what he learned from the East and from the West. From every discovery there is a new creation. Main was not complicated - he was a symbol for us all. In this he was an authentic genius.

During my Christmas and New Year retreat on Bere Island I am spending part of each day editing a series of short talks on meditation by Fr John that have not yet been published in book form. In preparing for the re-issue of his collected talks in CD and online next month, we were delighted to find these talks. They will be available later this year in a new book to be called “In the Beginning”.

The extraordinary thing, I have felt, is that these talks given to new meditators carry the same force and depth as his most advanced teaching. This must be a sign of the profound simplicity that Raimon Panikkar speaks of.  Read more »

Christmas Message 2012

Madonna and Child, Abbey of Montserrat

Heaven has placed itself beneath the earth. When heaven and earth unite they are of one will. Their influences are in harmony.’ (I Ching, ‘Peace’)

As he faced his own death on December 30 1982 John Main wrote his last newsletter - one of his most powerful teachings - on the ocean of God on which the horizon is always receding. Having accepted his dying he could see deeply into the meaning of life that the birth of Jesus had forever radically altered.  Every story we tell, including the story of Bethlehem, is an attempt to express that ultimate meaning. Fr John tells us that the end and the beginning of every story are like two ends of a string held in the mystery of God and joined together in the mystery of Christ. So nothing is left outside.  Read more »

Meditatio Newsletter December Issue

Meditation Newsletter, December Issue

Read the letter from Laurence Freeman, a special story on how meditation helps people to manage and even take advantage of the storms of life. And more: Meditatio News, events and retreats, film review (The Master), Infocus (with Javier Cosp, from Paraguay) and new releases.

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Meditatio Newsletter October Issue

Meditation Newsletter, October Issue. Read the letter from Laurence Freeman, a special story on the John Main Seminar in Brazil and more:

Meditatio News, events and retreats, Infocus (with Fr. Mike Lowcock) and new CDs releases.

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Extra Online Content - International Newsletter, April 2012

 

A poem by Ewa Elzbieta Nowakowska inspired
in Fr. Laurence's visit in Poland (in english and polish)

 

 

 

 

 

WATCHFULNESS

The whole lecture hall,
a glass aquarium,
meditates.

The cool of moist snow
wafts in through the panes.

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WCCM App 2 for iPhone/iPad

Welcome to the new WCCM App!

Featuring the Meditation Timer!!

This app is in two sections. You can switch between them by using the Tab bar on top of the screen.

1. The WCCM Feeds Tab

The "WCCM Feeds" tab is visible when you open the App. This offers you the key WCCM feeds from the International website, i.e., :

➤ Weekly Readings
➤ Weekly Teachings
➤ Meditators' Blog
➤ Monthly Tablet Column

Also, depending on the season, you will see other buttons such as for "Advent Reflections", "Daily Lent Readings" or special messages.
You can access this special content by a button link immediately below the four key ones above.

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WCCM App 2 for Android Devices

Welcome to the new WCCM App!

Featuring the Meditation Timer!!

 

 

 

This app is in two sections. You can switch between them by using the Tab bar on top of the screen.

1. The WCCM Feeds Tab

The "WCCM Feeds" tab is visible when you open the App. This offers you the key WCCM feeds from the International website, i.e., :

➤ Weekly Readings
➤ Weekly Teachings
➤ Meditators' Blog
➤ Monthly Tablet Column

Also, depending on the season, you will see other buttons such as for "Advent Reflections", "Daily Lent Readings" or special messages.
You can access this special content by a button link immediately below the four key ones above.

Read more »

Titles by John Main and Laurence Freeman available as e-books

 

Some of the books of John Main and Laurence Freeman can be found on the Internet in digital format. See the list of e-books available:


First Sight: The Experience of Faith - Laurence Freeman

Jesus the Teacher Within - Laurence Freeman

The Selfless Self: Meditation and the Opening of the Heart - Laurence Freeman Read more »

Laurence talks about meditation to Google employees in California

Fr Laurence Freeman gave a talk at "Googleplex", the Google headquarters in California, on Wednesday, 18th January. He visited the company at the  invitation of Chade-Meng Tan, the 110th employee of Google from its early days, who now focuses on introducing contemplative practices for its staff. 

Laurence spoke from the Christian tradition of meditation on the theme "Knowledge is love", showing the practice of meditation as a way to reach a level of knowledge beyond the intellectual: the knowledge that comes from the heart. After the lecture the participants experienced a short meditation session and had time for questions.

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