The Power of Silence
The essence of meditation is stillness and silence. Silence is both external and internal. External silence is hard to find
Kim Nataraja has been a contemplative since her youth and joined The World Community for Christian Meditation in 1993. In 1998 she became a Benedictine Oblate to the Community. From 1999 to 2016, Kim was director of The World Community for Christian Meditation School of Meditation.
Kim is a trained Spiritual Director and has held a variety of meditation days/weekends and retreats in the UK, Europe, the US, Canada and Singapore. Her particular interests are those inspiring figures from the Christian spiritual tradition, who guide us in the contemplative life, and the ways in which psychological insights can aid our progress. Kim is a retired College Lecturer and former Head of Department of Modern Languages.
The essence of meditation is stillness and silence. Silence is both external and internal. External silence is hard to find
“The mind should unceasingly cling to the mantra until strengthened by continual use of it, it casts off and rejects
“I want now to address a particular question that we all encounter. It is the question of distractions. What should
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