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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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Meditatio Seminar launches proposed course on Meditation at Georgetown University

For the past year, Meditatio, the outreach of the The World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM) has been collaborating with the Georgetown McDonough School of Business in introducing meditation to MBA students.

On Tuesday 9th April, this collaboration reached a new level with the seminar Leading from the Center. The Seminar focused on how the practice of meditation enhances the professional effectiveness of leaders and also how it helps develop an ethical culture in finance and business.

 

Above: Dean of the Business School, David Thomas, formerly of the Harvard Business School, welcomed the three speakers and affirmed the School's commitment to teaching meditation in its academic curriculum.

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Interview: Ray Dalio

"Meditation more than anything in my life was the biggest ingredient of whatever success I've had", Ray Dalio, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Bridgewater Associates, in conversation at the John Main Centre for Meditation and Inter-Religious Dialogue at Georgetown University.

Ray Dalio on Meditation from Meditatio WCCM on Vimeo.

Fr. Laurence Freeman interview in Financial Times

The head of an international ‘monastery without walls’, says all religions share a mystic tradition. At his London base, he tells how meditation can benefit everyone from children to business people

 

I’d agreed a date to meet the Anglo-Irish mystic Laurence Freeman. But where, I wondered, would a Benedictine monk have lunch? “How about the community?” Freeman suggested, mentioning the house in Kensington that is his London base. “We can meditate first, and then join the others at table. I only ask that you make a contribution.”

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The Business of Spirit: A Conversation on Leadership


The Business of Spirit: A Conversation on Leadership
A Meditatio Forum

McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, Washington DC 
12 October 2011

VIDEOS: Talk 1, Talk 2, Complete Seminar Video

Peter Ng and Sean Hagan, members of the WCCM Guiding Board, speak at Georgetown University Business School on the importance of meditation in their personal and professional lives.

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Peter Ng: talk in São Paulo, Brazil

 

Peter Ng, Singapore National Coordinator of the World Community, spoke in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15th June 2011 on "I want peace". In a world troubled by stress and confusion, meditation offers a simple practice to restore peace and harmony, in the depths of the human being. In the Christian tradition, the source of peace and harmony is the personal presence of the Spirit of Jesus. The fruits of meditation come from the daily practice of the discipline that transforms our work and personal relationships. 

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Peter Ng on the relevance of John Main's teaching to leadership in corporate life today. A chapter from John Main: The Expanding Vision (2009).

 

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Meditation & Business

Peter Ng

The Straits Times

22 September 2010
Meditation brings clarity of mind in the midst of crisis, says GIC chief of investment Ng Kok Song
By Lee Siew Hua, Senior Writer

THE idea of sitting silently on a meditation mat - twice a day, like a statue - is likely to agitate the typical executive shackled to a very important schedule in stress capital Singapore. Read more »

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