John Main Centenary: Writing the Poem Together

‘I have not yet written the poem that I know is hidden in the depths’. A poet friend wrote me these words recently. They moved me all the more because I know of his lifelong fidelity to his craft and the influence he has had on the art of poetry.  As I thought about all that his words imply, it struck me that each of us has a poem deep within us we must write. The work we have to be faithful to is our unique essence and meaning. Our life’s meaning is to write it, through many drafts and  near misses. Yet,  our lives bear fruit in more than one lifetime because the poem is written afresh from one generation to the next.

I feel the WCCM, our community, is the poem that John Main began to write when he first began teaching meditation. It continues to be written by you and me. By being part of it through our life in community we are helping others to find it too in their own depths.