Contemplative Revolution

Apr 13 2023 105 ep. 50 mins 120
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A weekly WCCM audio podcast: Talks, Interviews and dialogues from the World Community for Christian Meditation - www.wccm.org

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The Well of Being - Monte Oliveto Retreat 2021 (First Talk)

Apr 13 2023 62 mins  
"By understanding the nature of matter, matter is energy, we're beginning to be prepared for a major shift in the way we look at ourselves and the world. Meditation is at the heart of that shift of consciousness. Meditation reawakens that capacity to be truly amazed" Laurence Freeman. This is the first talk of the Monte Oliveto Retreat led by Laurence Freeman at Monte Oliveto Maggi

Paul: A Contradiction like us?

Feb 24 2023 62 mins  
In this episode, Laurence Freeman identifies what we may feel about St. Paul. Is his complex personality so different from ours? In his historical context, we can get past our first reactions to some of the tough passages in his letters, showing us a tenderly passionate, earthily mystical individual wrestling with his destiny like a boddhisatva who loved Christ more than himself. T

Attention: The Middle Way, the Narrow Path, Levels of Consciousness Series

Feb 03 2023 53 mins  
In this episode, Laurence Freeman reflects on the challenge of the attention deficit in the human mind. An especially acute problem of our time. Early Christian teachers saw the attention deficit as being akin to the meaning of ‘original sin’. Meditation does more than improve our capacity for attention, however. It expands our capacity for love. This podcast is part of the Lev

Reconciling Opposites in a Polarised World with Sarah Bachelard

Jan 19 2023 40 mins  
Always deepening her insight into what ‘contemplative Christianity’ means and what the options for the church of the future are, Sarah Bachelard tackles the dilemma of modern discourse – how to be committed to a good cause without increasing polarisation, how to practise peace in a culture spoiling for a fight. This podcast is part of the WCCM online Speakers series held in 2

The Healing Response: A Conversation with Tim Kelly

Oct 20 2022 35 mins  
Tim is an oblate of the WCCM and works with a US federal agency which provides care for refugees and survivors of torture. In this talk he describes how meditation helps him – and those he trains to work with those who have suffered a trauma – to maintain the optimum level of compassion while taking the necessary care of themselves. Sharing meditation directly with those survi

Herman Van Rompuy — Politics and the Management of Division

Sep 08 2022 27 mins  
Herman Van Rompuy speaks about the crisis of democracy and what habits leaders need to be learned in order to give people some hope in the future of democracy. Herman Van Rompuy is a Belgian politician and former President of the European Council. This talk was part of a John Main Seminar in Bruges. Music Credits: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions

Sunrise At Midnight with Martin Laird OSA (Part 1)

Mar 25 2022 65 mins  
In this podcast, Martin Laird OSA explores what the great saints and sages of the Christian tradition claim about the constant presence of God - God does not know how to be absent. We may feel God’s absence but he’s always present. Union with God is not something that can be acquired but something to be realised. This can be difficult to accept in the commodity-driven culture w

The Spirit in the Desert (Talk 1 & 2) with Rowan Williams

Feb 04 2022 30 mins  
In this podcast, Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, reflects on questions that deeply touch our modern lives. Drawing on the wisdom of the 4th century Desert Fathers and Mothers, he encourages us to enter into the challenges and simplicity of the desert and find healing for our fragmented condition.

The Tightrope of Moderation - 2020 Bonnevaux Lent Retreat Talk 1

Jan 28 2022 53 mins  
In this podcast, you’ll listen to the first talk of the retreat The Tightrope of Moderation which was held during Bonnevaux 2020 Lent Retreat by Laurence Freeman & Giovanni Felicioni. The first talk's titled Getting Ready for the Mysteries.

Who am I? Dancing with your Shadow (online retreat) with Kim Nataraja

Dec 03 2021 53 mins  
Listen to Kim Nataraja in her first talk from Who am I? Dancing with your Shadow online retreat in which she explored the images we have of ourselves and what stops us from seeing the true Image that we were born with.