
Meditation builds resilience
Life’s weather being so unpredictable is why we should fix the roof while the sun is shining. Even if it
Director of The World Community for Christian Meditation
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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.
Life’s weather being so unpredictable is why we should fix the roof while the sun is shining. Even if it
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In many zen and Christian desert stories a breakthrough in consciousness can be triggered by a trivial incident or a single remark from a wise teacher.
Last Sunday was called ‘Laetare Sunday’ and, in the midpoint of Lent, had a distinctly upbeat tone.
Contemplation – and meditation in its original sense of preparing us for the grace of contemplation – is the marriage of the absolute and the concrete.
We don’t appreciate something until we lose it. Often that is true but not necessarily
This is the story of Jesus healing the man born blind. After he had healed him, his disciples asked Jesus ‘who sinned, this man or his parents?’ A naïve view of karma. If something bad happens someone must have done something bad to deserve it
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