John Main Christian Meditation - WCCM

By means of the mantra we leave behind all passing images

and learn to rest in the infinity of God himself.

- John Main O.S.B.

Christian Meditation CDs



An Introduction to Christian Meditation 12 Talks, John Main O.S.B.
An Introduction to Christian Meditation - 12 Talks
John Main, O.S.B.
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This CD has twelve short talks intended to serve as an introduction to Christian Meditation. The talks are between 4 to 9 minutes each and are frequently used at weekly meditation meetings. Also included is an opening and closing prayer for Christian meditation.

Note: The opening and closing prayers are printed on our Rack Cards which you can order here.

There is no timed silence on this CD.

You can order 6 individual CDs of these talks with the music and timed silence built-in to each CD - see the next option below.

Listen to 2 minutes of the introduction [MP3 Audio - 960 KB]

An Introduction to Christian Meditation - 6 CD Set, John Main O.S.B.
An Introduction to Christian Meditation - 6 CD Set - Including timed silence
John Main, O.S.B.
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This set of six CDs has two talks on each CD along with a period of 20 to 30 mins of timed silence after each talk (20 mins for talks 1, 2 & 6 - 30 mins for the rest).
Each talk is preceded by a short opening prayer by John Main OSB. There is some gentle music at the start and end of each timed silence period. After meditation there is a short closing prayer, also by Fr. John.

Note: The opening and closing prayers are printed on our Rack Cards which you can order here.

It's a great CD set for those who do not like to set timers, or if you are starting your own meditation group. You can also import these talks and silent time into your music program, such as iTunes, and then import them to play on your iPhone or other similar music playing device.

Listen to 2 minutes of the introduction [MP3 Audio - 960 KB]

Timed Silence CD - Christian Meditation
Timed Silence
Donald Main
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This CD starts with an introductory talk by Fr. John, How to Meditate & Why Should We Meditate. The talk is followed by two options for automatically timing your meditation sessions.
There is one timed silence period of 20 minutes and another one of 30 minutes.
Before each period of timed silence is a descending 3 gong chime, an introductory prayer by Fr. John and some gentle music. After the timed silence there is more gentle music, a closing prayer by Fr. John and an ascending 3 gong chime.

Note: The opening and closing prayers are printed on our Rack Cards which you can order here.

Listen to 1 minute of How to Meditate [MP3 Audio - 1.2 MB]

An Introduction to Christian Meditation - 4 Talks, John Main O.S.B.
An Introduction to Christian Meditation - 4 Talks
John Main, O.S.B.
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This CD has four slightly longer talks given by Fr. John, as an introduction to Christian Meditation. They each last about 15 minutes.

Listen to 2 minutes of the first talk [MP3 Audio - 1 MB]

A Theology of Meditation - 4 Talks, John Main O.S.B.
A Theology of Meditation
- 4 Talks
John Main, O.S.B.
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This CD also has four talks and is intended to be a follow-up to the 4 talks entitled An Introduction to Christian Meditation. These talks last from about 13 to 16 minutes each.

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In Times of Anxiety - 6 Talks, John Main O.S.B.
In Times of Anxiety
- 6 Talks
John Main, O.S.B.
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This CD has six talks which help address the human predicament at times of anxiety.

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Fully Alive - 6 Talks, John Main O.S.B.
Fully Alive
- 6 Talks
John Main, O.S.B.
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This CD has six talks which help deepen your understanding of, and your commitment to, Christian Meditation.

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The Hunger for Depth and Meaning - 8 Talks, John Main O.S.B.
The Hunger for Depth and Meaning - 8 Talks
John Main, O.S.B.
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This CD has a brief introduction on how to meditate which is followed by seven talks about Christian Meditation.

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Aspects of Love
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
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These talks dwell on three aspects of love: love of self, love of others, love of God. Meditation is the regular discipline that gradually leads us to love ourselves, others and God. Fr Laurence, Director of The World Community for Christian Meditation, relates the practice of meditation to love as the very meaning of our creation and our lives.


Aspects of the Spiritual Life
David Wood
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David Wood is a retired Anglican priest. Most of his life, he lived and worked amongst declining industrial communities in Northern England organising and leading prayer workshops, retreats, and vigils of prayer, always exploring silence and solitude. When he found John Main's teaching in 1988, after searching wilderness years, he just know he was 'home'. With his wife Sheila he then started and developed the Christian Meditation Community in Cumbria. "These introductions to meditation," he writes, "are like aspects of the spiritual life and mystery I want to reveal more for myself, knowing that it is the same for many people I meet. We need to bring all things into our silence and let the silence work."


Bead Griffiths and the Future of Christian Wisdom
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The 10th anniversary of Bede Griffiths' death summoned us to a joyful celebration of his life and teaching. Bede was a Christian monk and mystic of profound depth, a much-loved spiritual father and friend. This seminar brings together three noted authors - each with unique knowledge and connection to Fr. Bede.

Speakers: Shirley du Boulay, Andrew Harvey, Bruno Barnhart.

Collected Talks of John Main, John Main O.S.B., VIII CD Set
Collected Talks of John Main
John Main, O.S.B.
VIII CD Set
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A set of 8 CD collections, including: Word into Silence, The Christian Mysteries, Prayer and Sacrament, Moment of Christ, The Way of Unknowing, The Heart of Creation, Word Made Flesh, Door to Silence and In the Beginning.

Also available to order individually below.

Word into Silence, John Main O.S.B., I of VIII
Word into Silence
John Main, O.S.B.
I of VIII
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This set of 4 CDs, with 20 talks in total, was given in the 1970s in England as an introduction to meditation and a means of encouragement for those who had begun to meditate.

The Christian Mysteries: Prayer and Sacrament, John Main O.S.B.
The Christian Mysteries:
Prayer and Sacrament
John Main, O.S.B.
II of VIII
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This 2 CD set contains 8 of John Main’s talks.
John Main believed that meditation verifies the truths of Christian faith from one’s own experience. His reflections on the Sacraments show how this verification springs first from the heart where experience is direct before it touches our minds.

Moment of Christ, John Main O.S.B.
Moment of Christ
John Main, O.S.B.
III of VIII
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This 8 CD set contains 30 of John Main’s talks.
These talks were given at his monastery in Montreal to groups who came on weekday evenings to listen to and meditate with him. The talks were meant to persuade ordinary people, many of whom came straight from work, of the importance of meditating and the simplicity of the Christian tradition and practice of it.

The Way of Unknowing, John Main O.S.B.
The Way of Unknowing
John Main, O.S.B.
IV of VIII
Price $39.99
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This 9 CD set contains 39 of John Main’s talks.
Listening attentively to his voice prepares you for the silence and stillness of meditation. These talks were designed to introduce meditation to people for the first time, and also to encourage people already meditating to deepen their regular practice.

The Heart of Creation, John Main O.S.B.
The Heart of Creation
John Main, O.S.B.
V of VIII
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This 7 CD set contains 30 of John Main’s talks.
The talks were given to meditation groups meeting each week at the Priory in Montreal. John Main is a teacher in the apophatic tradition of imageless, non-conceptual prayer. This form of pure prayer transcends all thought and imagination – not looking at God, but into God.

Word Made Flesh, John Main O.S.B.
Word Made Flesh
John Main, O.S.B.
VI of VIII
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This 5 CD set contains 19 of John Main’s talks.
For John Main, meditation was a supremely incarnate way of prayer, leading the person as a whole into wholeness, into a harmony of body, mind and spirit.

Door to Silence, John Main O.S.B.
Door to Silence
John Main, O.S.B.
VII of VIII
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This 4 CD set contains 19 of John Main’s talks.
John Main saw meditation as opening us to the experience of “being”, which is the right basis of all right action and healthy living. As we are slowly transformed by knowing God’s presence within, we begin to see ourselves and others in a new light.

In the Beginning, John Main O.S.B.
In the Beginning
John Main, O.S.B.
VIII of VIII
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This 8 CD set contains 31 of John Main’s talks.
John Main teaches meditation as a simple but demanding discipline, and advises the beginner to simply begin, and persevere. All that matters is to be on the way and to be faithful to the daily practice.


Harmony In The Soul
- 6 CD Set
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
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It is a paradox that the soul that longs for harmony is challenged by inner conflict. We often battle with the shadow side of ourselves. Exploring the great teachings in the Koran, Fr Laurence finds resonances between the Muslim and the Christian wisdom traditions. Harmony in the soul, he says, is found not in destroying our dark side but in reintegrating it with the self. And this is the work of meditation. It changes our negative thought-patterns, leads us to self-knowledge, and frees us from fear of our shadow side. This inner harmony then spreads outwards in the way we live and begins to change the world.


Heart of Flesh
Joan Chittister O.S.B.
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Like Water on Rock: The Power of Contemplative Consciousness - John Main Seminar 2004 - Colchester, VT With her unerring sense of humor, wise grasp of contemporary Christianity and unflinching conversation - Sr. Joan Chittister begins her talks at the 2004 John Main Seminar in Colchester, Vermont with the larger questions: Who is God? Who are We? What do those things have to do with the way we see the world? As we listen to her words, we are brought into a greater awareness of our place and our influence in this most troubled and wonderful world. Benedictine Sister Joan Chittister, noted national and international lecturer, columnist, and widely published author of over 30 books, serves as co-chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women, a partner organization of the UN which facilitates a worldwide network of women peace builders.


Heart of the World
Thomas Keating O.C.S.C.
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Fr. Thomas Keating was the guest speaker for the John Main Seminar in an extraordinary conference held in San Francisco. Using the Gospel accounts of the events involving the family of Bethany-Mary, Martha and Lazarus- Fr. Thomas unfolds his teaching on prayer. Prayer is not about spiritual babbling, but about silent receptivity; not about doctrinal certainty, but about the free-fall of faith; not about self-indulgence, but about fortitude and courage to be the person we are called to be. In this understanding, the Divine Indwelling is a reality for each of us-we simply need to wake up to the loving presence of God.


In Praise of Beauty
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
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"Love of beauty puts us in touch with our longing to love - our longing to transcend death - to be immortal." With these words from Plato, Laurence Freeman begins an exciting exploration of the mystery of beauty. Through teachings of Plato, Simone Weil and Jane Austen, We begin to understand the nature of True beauty and False beauty and our eternal attraction to its essence, pain and joy.


Is there a Way Through?
Fr Laurence Freeman O.S.B.
and
Fr Thomas Keating OCSO
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Political and other institutions seem unable to resolve the crisis of conflict and violence facing us today. Is there a way through? Two spiritual leaders, Fr Laurence Freeman OSB and Fr Thomas Keating OCSO, in their complementary presentations at the WCCM Way of Peace, suggest that there is indeed a way. The development of contemplative consciousness through the wisdom of meditation found in every religious tradition first leads to inner peace and harmony. It then empowers us to work in the world. But religions first have to be renewed in the light of this practice so that our developing humanity can drive the way society is evolving.


John Main 1926 - 1982
John Main, O.S.B.
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Being part of this great anniversary celebration mass for John Main was indeed a very humbling and deeply moving experience for me. There was also the realisation that we are part of a global community whose prayer continues in our hearts day and night - the prayer of Jesus who envelopes us in this powerful mystery. For those who were not there in person at this celebration of a great contemplative teacher, they will have the opportunity of feeling time converage and a sense that they are really present as they listen to the recording. They will be caught up in the beauty of the liturgy, in the prayer, and in the mystery of the Risen Christ - Margaret Rizza.


John of the Cross,
Poet and Mystic
Dr. Keith J Egan
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Join Dr. Keith J. Egan in this 15-lecture series as he explores the life and teachings of John of the Cross, one of the most well-known Mystics of all time. Through his many works and writings, John of the Cross made significant contributions to our Christian faith, and especially to Mysticism. Dr. Egan presents this program with a clear appreciation and understanding of this great Mystic who aimed to inspire Christians to pray and love as God intended.


Lessons for the Living from the Dying
Freeman, Ng & Moun.
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Reflections on life, death, suffering, meaning, healing, and wholeness from the experience and authority of a spiritual guide (Fr. Laurence Freeman), a patient (Patricia Ng), and a medical practitioner (Dr. Balfour Mount).


Like a Child
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
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Why we should help the young to meditate.
A child has a natural capacity to experience God as boundless and unconditional love. But as it moves into adult life, exposure and experience may teach it otherwise; then the experience of love is lost to fear and skepticism. It is therefore, Fr Laurence stresses, the responsibility and the contemporary challenge for religious education to train our children to be true believers with the gift of an interiorly deep faith. This will help them to deal with the challenges of life as they grow into adulthood. So we need to introduce them to a way of prayer that will enable them to stay in touch with their early experience of God, which is a direct experience unmediated by language or thought. Meditation, he says, offers this as a way from the earliest stages of our development and accompanies us through all our stages of growth as it keeps the connection between the head and that heart-centre where wisdom and love have their source.


Lord Teach us to Pray
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
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Fr. Laurence invites us to go deeper in prayer. To pray deeply, he says, we need to discover what prayer really is. For prayer to be Christian it has, obviously, to correspond to the teaching of Jesus on prayer. With his insight and clarity, Fr Laurence draws on the Sermon on the Mount to identify seven essential elements of Jesus' teaching on prayer: silence, interiority, humility, simplicity, trust, attention, transcendence. He then shows how meditation responds to these teachings. In saying the mantra we go beyond the ego to a place of deep trust: we pray with the mind in the heart, in the silence of God's presence.


Meditation The Way of Faith
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
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Silent Retreat at Fara Sabina, Italy (May 2009) 3 AUDIO CDS
To live in faith is to live in love. That is the new understanding of faith Fr. Laurence opens us to in this profound examination of the subject. Faith, he says, is not reducible to belief, or to orthodoxy, morality or culture, although these will be coloured by their faith context. The essence of faith is self-transcendence. Faith is our capacity to go beyond the self-centred priorities our ego advances, and to centre in another, in God; where we find unity, love. So faith is a way of living and also a process of growth, requiring not just time but also the will.


Meditation with Children
Freeman, Day & Stroyan
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Selections from talks at the Meditation Seminar on Meditation with Children, UK 2010.

Milestones
John Main, O.S.B.
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Childhood, adulthood, old age, and eventually death are stages we go through in uniquely personal ways. Fr Laurence explains how meditation can help us to experience these milestones as stages of maturing in Christian faith. Meditation allows the ego to develop naturally, moving us in stages beyond the ego into our true self. It reduces our dependency on success and achievement and keeps us focused on the goal of the kingdom. These talks will deepen our understanding of our life's journey and inspire us to review our direction.


Open our Hearts
- 7 min
Price $23.99
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7 Minute Meditations

1. I Will Never Forget You (Is 49:14-16)
2. Let Your Light Shine (Matt 5:14-16)
3. She Gave All She Had (Mk 12:41-44)
4. The Spirit Prays For Us (Rom 8:26-27)
5. Let The Children Come (Mark 10:13-16)
6. Instrumental music for you to choose your own scripture
7. Fast Finish - Chimes & Bless Us Jesus

All Scripture from Lectionary for Masses with Children, Catholic Book Publishing Co., New York, 1993
CD also contains pdfs of song lyrics and sheet music of songs.
The format of each track (except track 7) is:
• Music • Scripture • Song • Mantra • Chimes • Silence • Chimes • Song.


Open our Hearts
- 9 min
Price $23.99
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9 Minute Meditations

1. I Will Never Forget You (Is 49:14-16)
2. Let Your Light Shine (Matt 5:14-16)
3. She Gave All She Had (Lk 21:1-4)
4. The Spirit Prays For Us (Rom 8:26-27)*
5. Instrumental music for you to choose your own scripture
6. Fast Finish - Chimes & Lead Us Jesus

All scripture from The Message, Eugene Peterson, © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group, except * from The Way, Tyndale House Publishers, 1971.
CD also contains pdfs of song lyrics and sheet music of songs.
The format of each track (except track 6) is:
• Music • Scripture • Song • Mantra • Chimes • Silence • Chimes • Song.


Open our Hearts
- 11 min
Price $23.99
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11 Minute Meditations

1. I Will Never Forget You (Is 49:14-16)
2. Let Your Light Shine (Matt 5:14-16)
3. She Gave All She Had (Lk 21:1-4)
4. The Spirit Prays For Us (Rom 8:26-27)
5. Instrumental music for you to choose your own scripture
6. Fast Finish - Chimes & We Call On You

Scripture from Good News Bible, © The Bible Society in Australia Incorporated 1988
CD also contains pdfs of song lyrics and sheet music of songs.
The format of each track (except track 6) is:
• Music • Scripture • Song • Mantra • Chimes • Silence • Chimes • Song


Peace,
Not As The World Gives
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
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In a world that breeds endless competition, anxiety, and conflict, it is heartening to know that there is a way of wisdom. It renews hope and leads to deeper harmony with all creation. The 'peace that the world gives' is conditional and when these conditions change conflict returns. Wisdom knows that true peace is found beyond the chaos and in the deep order and harmony of the human heart. Only such peace endures because it is of God. The first step on the journey to this peace is to begin to 'leave self behind' and discover the true Self. Meditation is the lifelong, daily inner discovery of the meaning and the true nature of the peace within our own hearts.


Practising Dying
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
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Authentic spirituality in our materialistic world, Fr Laurence says, must involve the practice of dying to our egotism. Jesus taught this in the Gospel and by his life: 'Anyone who wants to be a follower of mine, must leave self behind, take up his cross daily, and follow me.' To do that, we need a spiritual practice that we can integrate into our life and that enables our life itself to become a commitment to this ideal. Christian Meditation, he says, is a simple practice that takes us beyond our ego. We leave 'our prayer' behind and we go into the prayer of Christ which energies, and transforms us. As our focus shifts from self-fixation to other-centredness, we learn love as the meaning of life.

Radical Simplicity
Book & CD Set
John Main, O.S.B.
Price $14.99
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This is a Book & accompanying CD set in which John Main advises us that all we have to do is to begin, and keep on beginning. There are no difficult theories to master or techniques to perfect. Perfectionism and the idea of success are the first things we need to let go of.

The 14 talks have been compiled from original recordings, so some parts may not be of high quality.


Radical Simplicity - CD
John Main, O.S.B.
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John Main advises us that all we have to do is to begin, and keep on beginning. There are no difficult theories to master or techniques to perfect. Perfectionism and the idea of success are the first things we need to let go of.


Chants,
Reflections for Peace
Margaret Rizza
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01 Sanctum Nomen
02 Bless The Lord
03 Exaudi Nos, Domine
04 De Noche
05 In The Lord Is My Joy
06 Psallite Domino
07 Keep Watch With Me
08 Cantate Domino
09 Inpoured Spirit
10 Christs Natus Est
11 Da Pacem Domine
12 A Celtic Blessing


Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries
John Main, O.S.B.
Price $14.99
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John Main often stressed that meditation helps the Christian to better appreciate the truths of the faith. His reflections on the sacraments shows how that appreciation first springs not so much from the head as from the heart. It is depth of spiritual experience that awakens the sense of the sacred in one's own body as well as in the physical universe." - Laurence Freeman


Sanctuary
Finley & Levandoski
Price $21.99
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Exploring the Healing Path,
with James Finley & Alana Levandoski.


Seeking Peace:
A Dialogue on Jesus
Fr. Freeman & Fr. Rohr
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Both Fr. Freeman and Fr. Rohr believe that Jesus is one of the few individuals in history who can be called by all people a universal teacher. Jesus teaches and embodies not just a path of personal spiritual formation, but a way of tolerance and compassion, a unique bridge of the spirit among people of different faiths, between rich and poor, and among those suffering conflict or division.


Songs & Prayers 2
Margaret Rizza
Price $15.99
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A collection of Margaret's longer compositions, all wonderful and musically satisfying.


Still Present, the Life and Legacy of John Main
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The John Main Seminar 2007 marked the 25th anniversary of John Main's death and also the 30th anniversary of his establishing the new form of Benedictine community that evolved into The World Community for Christian Meditation. Six speakers addressed contemporary issues, speaking from their personal experience of this way of prayer.


Taste and See
Frans De Ridder, C.I.C.M.
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What people today need most, Fr. Frans says, is "not more theories about God, but rather the experience of God - to become deeply aware of God's real presence". St John tells us: "Anyone who believes has eternal life." (Jn 6:47) It is therefore our call and our destiny to own this mystery and to live in God who is love. And the way to this, Fr. Frans says, is meditation. Setting aside our preoccupations to simply repeat the mantra, we enter God's space and dwell in him. This experience of God's love liberates us from our ego and allows God to transform us in his image. Fr Frans' simple, sincere approach will encourage newcomers to begin the journey of meditation. Meditators will find a deeper understanding of their practice.


The Art of Happiness
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
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"We are designed to be happy. Happiness is the goal of life" says Fr. Laurence. Yet we are unhappy. How can we be happy? Fr Laurence points to the Beatitudes as a universal blueprint for happiness: "happy are the sorrowful", "happy are the poor in spirit". Of course, this does not make sense to the head. But it does speak to the heart where wisdom resides. Meditation offers a way from the head to the heart. Simplicity, silence, stillness: saying the mantra develops these contemplative qualities of wisdom. It is a direct entry into the poverty of spirit that enriches all life. Then, how we face adverse situations in life becomes the true test of our art of happiness. In these talks Fr. Laurence shows how the practice of meditation leads to true happiness.


The Cloud of Unknowing
- 5 CD Set
Fr. Anthony Ciorra, Ph.D.
Price $24.99
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The Cloud of Unknowing, a 14th-century pandemic, is experiencing a renaissance in our current moment. Rather than providing easy answers, the Cloud reveals that contemplation teaches us how to live with uncertainty. You will find a way of praying for the times in which we are living. Simply put, the Cloud shows us that "we cannot think our way into God because God can be loved but not thought."


The Eight Big Problems of Life
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
Price $22.99
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The seven deadly sins in Christian spirituality were first formulated by the Desert Fathers as the eight principal faults: greed, gluttony, lust, sadness, anger, acedia, pride, vanity. Drawing on the wisdom of the Desert teachers, Fr. Laurence sees these inner struggles in non-judgemental terms. They are, he says, patterned states of mind that stem from the human quest for truth, for wholeness, for God; we resort to excesses to fill the void. These addictive patterns can be overcome through the ascesis and discipline of a deep and faithful spiritual practice. Meditation, Fr. Laurence says, is the essential ascesis of the Christian life. Meditation channels out a path for that beam of light that comes out of the deepest centre of our being. None of the big problems can resist exposure to that light.


The Eleventh Step
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
Price $7.99
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We all have basic human needs. When a basic human need is not met we experience a wound and pain follows when that wound is not healed. We then try to take the pain away by imagination or fantasy and soon we are indulging in distractions conjured up in our minds. These may temporarily take the pain away but the deeper unmet need that caused the pain stays unfulfilled. This, Fr. Laurence suggests, is a way to understand the origin of addiction. We compulsively repeat what once brought us temporary relief from pain. Over time this becomes an addiction, and with addiction comes loss of freedom. This talk not only explores this process but relates it to the wisdom of the Twelve Steps. In particular Fr. Laurence shows how the simple practice of meditation offers a way to break this vicious cycle of addictive desire and regain wholeness.


The Essentials of Christian Meditation
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
Price $15.99
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These talks were recorded at Cametrigane Hotel, Castletownbere, Cork, Ireland, in March 2006.


The Gift of Love
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
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In these talks, Laurence Freeman OSB relates how love of self and love of neighbour both arise from our experience of the love of God. This love of God creates the sense that our very being is gift and can be fully understood in the divine gift of self that occurs in Jesus. Poverty of spirit is needed to receive this manifold gift, which then empowers us to make the gift of our self to others. Meditation is entering into poverty of spirit, where we can let go of the abstract riches of thought and imagination and move into the fullness of reality.


The Journey of Meditation
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
Price $7.99
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A lucid presentation on CD of the essential teaching on Christian meditation. Laurence Freeman gives simple instructions on how to meditate, explains its significance to the prayer life of the Christian, and describes the stages and fruits of the contemplative journey. At retreats, introductory sessions, day events, and group meetings, this CD can be used effectively to communicate the basic teaching to both newcomers and ongoing meditators.


The New Holiness
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
Price $33.99
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The events of September 11 took place about a month before Fr. Laurence arrived in Montreal to give this retreat. In the modern world, the boundaries are constantly changing. Jesus saw that these boundaries should be soft - he cured people on the Sabbath, he spoke to the 'wrong people' The power of conformity is enormous; it gives us a sense of security, but it does not give a sense of true identity, and therefore does not give peace.


The Shape of a Wave
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
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"What is the meaning of life?" The universal question. In the fourth century, John Cassian and his companion Germanus travel to the Egyptian desert to seek the answer from Abba Moses. In a more ancient Indian story from the Upanishads, a father sends his son to Yama, the god of death, to ask the same. Laurence Freeman uses what we learn from these stories to explore the meaning for our time. He unifies these perspectives, ancient and modern with the image of a wave - a dispersion of energy from a point of origin, as when a stone drops into water; the sound from a musical instrument; communication as by radio or by gesture in greeting or to gain attention. Meaning is found most deeply he concludes in the wave-motion of stillness, the flow of love itself.


The Shape of God’s Affection - 6 CD Set
James Alison
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James Alison, in four stimulating sessions, reflects on the experience of God's presence, as encountered in Hebrew scripture and the New Testament. His scholarship is matched by his sense of contemporary questions and his sense-of-trumour. In the fifth talk, Alison discusses issues related to being gay and Christian today. A dialogue between James Alison and Laurence Freeman, moderated-by Denis McAuliffe, concludes this enriching and thought-provoking recording. The sections make for easier personal selection and group listening.


The Way of Peace
Freeman, Dalai Lama
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The Way of Peace - Word and Image in Christian and Buddhist Practice

His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Father Laurence Freeman OSB
Translator: Geshe Thupten Jinpa

In a groundbreaking dialogue between Benedictine Father Laurence Freeman and the 14th Dalai Lama, discussions range from the role of image in Christian and Buddhist traditions to understanding each tradition's scriptures. Eucharist is celebrated by Fr. laurence with a homily by HH the Dalai Lama.
Villa San Leonardo at Palco - Prato, Italy


The Way of Peace
Richard Rohr, OFM
Price $12.99
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The Way of Peace talks began in 1994 at the John Main Seminar as a series of inter-religious dialogues. His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other renowned speakers examined the role of religions as forces of peace and reconciliation. Franciscan priest and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation, Richard Rohr, OFM was the guest speaker at this year's Way of Peace talks. An animated and thoughtful speaker, Rohr admonishes us to seek rather than avoid internal transformation - in prayer, in contemplation, in meditation, in silence and in action.
2004 Houston, Texas


The Word of All Life
- Lectio Divina 8 talks
Margaret Rizza
Price $23.99
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The CD is divided into 15 tracks;
An introduction, eight talks and eight music tracks, two of which have words woven in with the music.


Thomas Merton, on Poetry
- 7 CDs
Price $49.99
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Seeing the World in a Grain of Sand
Introduction by Dr. Michael W. Higgins, Ph.D.

17 Lectures on 7 CDs


Time for Prayer
- Meditation Timer
Price $14.99
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This CD enables primary school teachers to run Christian Meditation sessions lasting different lengths of time suitable for various age groups. Tracks have periods of silence, from 1-15 minutes, opening and closing with music and chimes. Sheet music and lyrics for the songs are also included in PDF format.


Transparency, Meditation & Learning to See
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
Price $29.99
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Our ability to see reality is often obscured by the fears and desires of the ego, and by the speed and anxieties of modern culture and institutions. We need clarity and purity of heart today in new, more urgent ways. In these talks, Father Laurence teaches that meditation is the daily practice that purifies our seeing and transforms our whole way of living. It gives us the power to see through illusions and addictions that once seemed as solid as reality itself. The result is reality: simplicity and truth reflected in the supremely human gifts of forgiveness, love and the peace that passes understanding.


Wait My Soul, In Silence
Cyprian Consiglio, L Freeman
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Includes 6 Suites of music and readings, ideally used before meditation sessions.


Waiting for Something to Happen
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
Price $44.99
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We are all waiting for something to happen; perhaps with desire or fear, or maybe with openness and alertness. To wait fruitfully means to pay attention. To pay attention is to love - it is to sustain our un-selfcentred gaze at the other, and to be open to their gaze towards us. The ego's reflexes - fear and desire - can block our capacity for waiting with the gaze of love. But we can learn that the patterns the ago has created are capable of change. Being a disciple of truth in reality leads to more than a temporary change. It opens up the permanent transformation which listening to the mantra reveals."


Wholeness and Holiness
Fr. Joe Pereira
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Fr. Joe Pereira is the WCCM Indian national co-ordinator. He is an archdiocesan priest, founder-director of the Kripa Foundation which is devoted to the care and rehabilitation of sufferers from addiction, HIV/AIDS. He is also a teacher of lyengar yoga. Fr. Joe travels globally to give workshops on wholeness in relation to self-knowledge. In January 2009, he received the Padma Shri Award from the Indian Government for contributions in the field of social work in India. He is author of a handbook and DVD Yoga for the Practice of Christian Meditation.


Why Meditation Breaks the Cycle of Violence
Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.
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Meditation is a way of peace because it exposes the root of violence in us, and reveals the nature of violence. In this series of talks given at the retreat preceding The 2002 John Main Seminar, Dom Laurence Freeman explores the role we can play as meditators in this increasingly violent modern world. Is there any way that our sincere practice of pure prayer can make the world a less violent place?


Word Made Flesh - 5 CD Set
John Main, O.S.B.
Price $39.99
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John Main's talks to meditators have helped hundreds of meditation groups to form and to persevere, and have enriched the spiritual lives of countless individuals. Each talk, whether introductory or more advanced, is illuminated by the simplicity of love, and an authority that arises from the inner unity of which he speaks. This series contains a combination of introductory talks and talks for ongoing meditators.


Take a look at the John Main Christian Meditation Facebook page

for reflections from Fr. John Main, and others, about this wonderful Christian tradition.