We renounce the false things
You don’t renounce the good things in life. What we actually renounce are the false things. But we cannot know
Laurence Freeman OSB – chair
Monk and Teacher
Director of The World Community for Christian Meditation
Bonnevaux
With Irish and English roots, Laurence Freeman was educated by the Benedictines and studied English Literature at New College, Oxford University. Before entering monastic life, he worked with the United Nations in New York, in Banking and Journalism. He is Director of The World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM) a global, inclusive contemplative community.
Fr. Laurence Freeman is a monk of the Benedictine Congregation of Monte Oliveto Maggiore. His is the director and spiritual guide of the World Community for Christian Meditation. John Main was his teacher and Fr. Laurence assisted him in establishing the foundations of the Community. Fr. Laurence is the author of a number of books on Christian Meditation. He travels extensively giving presentations and leading Christian Meditation Retreats.
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Daily Wisdom
True renunciation
Ramana also said: ‘Since with the rise of the ego all else rises and with its subsidence all else subsides,
The Ego is like a hungry ghost
This is what Ramana Maharshi said: ‘The ego is really a ghost with no form of its own, but feeding
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Articles & Reflections
Gregory of Nyssa
Gregory helps us understand why we can stop thinking of God, and in fact need to, in order to enter fully into prayer.
Origen
Origen’s influence is profound. His authority also has that humility and openness one sees occasionally in great masters of any craft.
Clement of Alexandria: Jesus, the Divine PhysicianÂ
Clement of Alexandria, born perhaps in Athens in 150 AD, gravitated towards this extraordinary city of ideas and there found his Christian mentor. Pantaenus
Gnosticism
The occasion for the first great divide in the history of Christian spirituality was an esoteric and eclectic form of mysticism that is still with us and erupts from time to time in Hollywood blockbusters.
St PaulÂ
St Paul is often credited with founding Christianity. Certainly it would not have developed as it did without him.
Integral Christianity: Finding Hope and Renewal in the Ancient Celtic Vision
Leonardo: Laurence, this year, the John Main Seminar, will be on the theme ‘INTEGRAL CHRISTIANITY: The Vision of Celtic Christianity
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Videos
Talks, dialogues & homilies
4 Videos
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Spiritual Letters
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Books by Laurence Freeman OSB – chair
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Audiobooks by Laurence Freeman OSB – chair
