This talk is part of the course the Eight Big Problems of Life available on wccm.org In this course, Laurence will develop the schema of the “eight principal faults” and show how understanding them as patterned states of mind will help us to overcome them – making both meditations, relationships and daily life a great deal easier. Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License....
Mar 19, 2021•32 min•Ep. 81
Bernard is the Naomi Shenstone Donnelly Professor emeritus of the University of Chicago, where he taught for thirty-four years before retiring in 2003. Since his retirement, he has continued to teach, lecture and write. His major work is a history of western Christian mysticism under the general title The Presence of God, seven volumes of which have been published between 1991 and 2017. To continue your journey on Christian Mysticism, we recommend the course The Roots of Christian Mysticism: Fir...
Feb 26, 2021•32 min•Ep. 80
Sarah Bachelard is an internationally respected theologian, retreat leader and priest. She is the founder and leader of Benedictus Contemplative Church in Canberra, Australia and an honorary fellow at the Australian Catholic University. Sarah was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University where she studied theology with former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. She is the author of two books, Experiencing God in a Time of Crisis and Resurrection and Moral Imagination. You can register for the f...
Feb 12, 2021•56 min•Ep. 40
Sarah Bachelard is a theologian, retreat leader and priest in Anglican Orders. She lives in Canberra in Australia where she has taught in the areas of theology, ethics and spirituality at Charles Sturt University. She is currently director of Benedictus Contemplative Church. She is a member of the WCCM and was a keynote speaker at the John Main Seminar in Montreal in 2007 and at the John Main Seminar 2019 in Vancouver, with the theme “A Contemplative Christianity for our Time”. Soundtrack: Aouro...
Feb 05, 2021•17 min•Ep. 79
Professor Peter Gilbert was Professor of Social Work and Spirituality at Staffordshire University. He worked as the Project lead of National Spirituality and Mental Health Forum and Chair of the National Development Team for Inclusion. His latest book is called Spirituality and Mental Health which promotes an understanding of people’s belief systems and proves the increasing importance of spirituality in health and social care. This talk was part of the Meditation and Mental Health Seminar which...
Jan 29, 2021•53 min•Ep. 78
You can read the full article here About Herman Van Rompuy Herman Van Rompuy is a Belgian politician, who served as Prime Minister of Belgium from 2008 to 2009 and then as the first permanent President of the European Council from 2009 to 2014. More recently, in 2018, he was one of the speakers at the John Main Seminar 2018, in Belgium addressing the theme Politics and the management of division . Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License....
Jan 22, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 77
Servol is an organization of weak, frail, ordinary, imperfect yet hope-filled and committed people seeking to help weak, frail, ordinary, hope-drained people become agents of attitudinal and social change in a journey which leads to total human development. Servol was born out of the challenges of the country’s Black Power Revolution of 1970 in which a number of persons and groups sought to challenge racial inequality and force social, economic and political change. Learn more here. Soundtrack: ...
Jan 15, 2021•51 min•Ep. 76
You can watch the animation video What is Christian Meditation? by Paul Demeyer here. Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Dec 18, 2020•39 min•Ep. 75
This is talk one of Sources of Wisdom, an online retreat on essential teaching of meditation provided by The School of Meditation. The time of self-isolating and social distance that we are currently experiencing is a kind of extended Lent: a voluntary restriction which reminds us of the limited control we have in reality – at any time – over the circumstances of our daily lives. A willing and conscious entering into these limitations can, paradoxically, bring us to an unexpected experience of l...
Dec 12, 2020•28 min•Ep. 74
Australian researcher and academic, professor Anne Graham worked as a professor of childhood studies, leading research at a centre for children and young people . Anne Graham is Professor of Childhood Studies and Founding Director of the Centre for Children and Young People at Southern Cross University. A primary school teacher and sociologist by background, Anne has worked in teacher education for 20 years. Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial...
Dec 04, 2020•51 min•Ep. 73
Born on a farm in Alberta, Canada, Jack Murta entered politics young. Driven by a large dose of ambition, he was also guided by his faith and easy connection with ordinary people. After a successful career in Ottawa, he became involved in caring for the homeless of Ottawa while also nurturing the spiritual aspect of the lives of many politicians. As a meditator now for nearly 20 years, he became WCCM Canadian National Coordinator. This talk was part of the Contemplative Path Through the Crisis P...
Nov 27, 2020•47 min•Ep. 72
Born in Canada, when she qualified as a medical doctor, Julia worked in North America, South Africa and other developing countries. She was struck by the embedded inequality in the developed world where she found people suffering conditions of life and neglect on par with those in the poorest parts of the word. This led her to work for the UN on HIV and child health issues. Encountering the Bhutan project of sustainable development that recognised the goal of happiness as the sensible common pur...
Nov 20, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 71
This podcast Waiting is Being Fully Present was held by Father Laurence Freeman during the Bonnevaux Advent retreat in 2019. Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Nov 13, 2020•41 min•Ep. 70
This is part of the Contemplative Through The Crisis programme held in April 2020. You can read more about Kim's reflection here . Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 69
Liz Watson has been a member of WCCM for over 20 years and now focuses on teaching meditation in a variety of settings, leading retreats in the UK and beyond, and offering spiritual direction. These talks are part of a Contemplative Path Through the Crisis programme. You can learn more about it here. Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Oct 23, 2020•53 min•Ep. 68
Andrew Harvey is a British author, religious scholar and teacher of mystic traditions, known primarily for his popular nonfiction books on spiritual or mystical themes. This talk is part of the Contemplative Path Through the Crisis Programme. You can read more HERE Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Oct 16, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 67
Originally from Hong Kong, FR. JOSEPH H. WONG, O.S.B. Cam, is a Benedictine monk of the Camaldolese Congregation. He holds BA in English literature from London University, MT from the same University, and STD from the Gregorian University in Rome. Fr. Wong is a member of the Pontifcal Academy of Teology and has taught systematic theology at the Salesian University in Rome. As a monk of the Monastery of Camaldoli in Italy, he periodically teaches theology and spirituality at two seminaries in Chi...
Oct 09, 2020•52 min•Ep. 66
"The heart is the very spiritual symbol, the place of prayer...is the store room which keeps things fresh and available, from which we can receive enrichment and nourishment." says Laurence in this talk. "When you pray go into your inner room, the heart." It's a dynamic symbol: as we enter into our heart, our inner room , the symbol of the heart reminds us that we're doing something dynamic. The prayer of the heart is rhythmic, regular, peaceful but essentially dynamic. Soundtrack: Aourourou by ...
Oct 02, 2020•59 min•Ep. 65
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Sep 25, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 64
In this talk Bede Griffiths invites to reflect on the message Father John Main has left us as a way to discover for ourselves the tradition of this wisdom, the knowledge of God through love. Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Sep 18, 2020•38 min•Ep. 63
In this episode, we’ll get to hear from David Tacey, reader in literature and depth psychology at La Trobe University, Melbourne. Here’s David talk at the John Main Seminar 2015 in New Zealand. Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Sep 11, 2020•53 min•Ep. 62
The John Main Seminar 2020 will focus on the theme 'One Heart, One Hope - Indigenous wisdom, and the future of humanity' It is organized by the Community in Mexico and will be held fully online, from 19 to 22 October 2020. You can find more information and registrations here: http://www.johnmainseminar.org Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Aug 28, 2020•20 min•Ep. 61
Know more on The Contemplative Path Through the Crisis on http://acontemplativepath-wccm.org/ Watch all talks from this series on https://acontemplativepath-wccm.org/towards-a-new-renaissance-a-conversation-with-david-lorimer/ David Lorimer was originally a merchant banker then a teacher of philosophy and modern languages at Winchester College and the author and editor of over a dozen books, including The Spirit of Science, Thinking beyond the Brain and A New Renaissance. He is Programme Directo...
Aug 21, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 60
Know more on The Contemplative Path Through the Crisis on http://acontemplativepath-wccm.org/ Watch all talks from this series on http://acontemplativepath-wccm.org/2020/05/07/a-contemplative-politician-on-corona-herman-van-rompuy-with-laurence-freeman/ Herman Van Rumpoy is a Belgian politician, who served as Prime Minister of Belgium from 2008 to 2009 and then as the first permanent President of the European Council from 2009 to 2014. More recently, in 2018, he was one of the speakers at the Jo...
Aug 14, 2020•52 min•Ep. 59
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Jul 28, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 58
Know more on The Contemplative Path Through the Crisis here Watch all talks from this series here 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,...
Jul 17, 2020•28 min•Ep. 56
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Jul 10, 2020•16 min•Ep. 55
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Jul 03, 2020•16 min•Ep. 54
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Jun 26, 2020•20 min•Ep. 53
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Jun 19, 2020•28 min•Ep. 52
