THE WORLD COMMUNITY FOR CHRISTIAN MEDITATION
The roots of the Community lie in the desert tradition of early Christianity. In 1975 John Main started the first Christian Meditation Centre in London where the first of many weekly meditation groups began to meet. In 1991 the John Main Seminar was held in the old Utopian town of New Harmony, Indiana. It was led by Bede Griffiths and was the basis of his book The New Creation in Christ: Meditation and Community.
Meditators from many parts of the world came together on this occasion to discuss the future of the community that had been forming for many years already as a ‘monastery without walls’. They named it The World Community for Christian Meditation. The symbol of the Community is an ancient image that represents the union of the contemplative and active dimensions of life.
John Main said that the ‘best way to teach others how to pray is to pray with them. In contact with others we awaken to the deeper truth of our being and so learn to travel beyond ourselves. That is why meditating regularly, whether daily or weekly, with the same community, is such a source of sustenance to our pilgrimage’. (Letters from the Heart)
- a teaching on meditation to remind us of the simplicity of the practice
- a meditation period of about 30 minutes in silence
- a time for sharing or questions
- Find a group you would like to join HERE. The times are automatically converted into your local time.
- Contact the group leader clicking at “Join this group”
- He or she will arrange to help you get set up and to introduce you to the process.
- Start meeting with your group
