In the session, Tim Shriver explored ways we can relearn to live together, even when we disagree. This was session number 3 in our annual series, The Risk of Living Together (learn more here).

You can learn more about Tim Shriver, UNITE, and the Dignity Index by visiting: https://www.dignity.us



A Contemplative Mind: The Antidote to Reciprocal Demonization? with Tim Shriver

In a conversation recorded in 2013, legendary investor Ray Dalio shares how more than 40 years of meditation profoundly shaped his life and career, deeming it the "biggest influence" on his success. He discusses its role in cultivating equanimity, creativity, and a unique detachment that enabled him to navigate high-stakes decisions and prioritize service over ego. Dalio advocates for meditation's physiological benefits, its ability to foster thoughtful disagreement in leadership, and its power to instill a sense of connection to the whole, ultimately believing it can even help address societal corruption through a deeper, more connected perspective.

A life anchored by meditation: Laurence Freeman in conversation with Ray Dalio

John Main has become regarded as a modern spiritual master, whose teaching on contemplative prayer inaugurated a global community and spiritual movement. John Main studied Law at Trinity College Dublin (1950-54). After a short career as a diplomat in Malaya, where he discovered meditation as part of the universal wisdom, he taught Law at Trinity from 1956–58. After becoming a Benedictine monk he discovered meditation in his own tradition and dedicated the rest of his life to restoring it as central to Christian life. Set in the university context that helped form him, this conference explores key aspects of his life and teaching. John Main’s transforming insight is rooted in mystical theology and his emphasis on personal experience has brought new life to this tradition today.

A Hunger for Depth and Meaning with Laurence Freeman OSB

The Little Poor Man (Poverello), Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), was a new kind of saint and mystic. His convert, Clare of Assisi (1194-1253), sought to emulate his life of poverty and apostolic service by founding a female branch of the Franciscan order. Their writings and example formed one of the key traditions in Christian mysticism.

In this video, Prof Bernard McGinn, mystics expert and Margaret Lane discuss the role of Francis and Clare of Assisi in the context of the Christian mystics, as part of a WCCM online series 'Into the Mystics'. You can watch the full series on WCCM video streaming platform, WCCM+ at https://wccmplus.org/programs/into-the-mystics
Music: Final Soliloquy from YouTube AudioLibrary

Francis and Clare of Assisi with Prof Bernard McGinn & Father Daniel P Horan OFM PhD on WCCM+

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Fr Laurence’s reflecting on one of the passages of his newly launched book ‘Tasting Wisdom’:
"Our Self-Knowledge and Knowledge of God are intertwined."
Please come and join Laurence Freeman to celebrate his book launch, live in London or online on 2 September.

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Self-Knowledge and Knowledge of God

Meditation helps us to find again what we have lost. It helps us to recover. And how does it do that? In a simple but in a radical way.

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Fr Laurence’s reflecting on one of the passages of his newly launched book ‘Tasting Wisdom’:
"Meditation helps us to find again what we have lost. It helps us to recover. And how does it do that? In a simple but in a radical way."
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Please come and join Laurence Freeman to celebrate his book launch, live in London or online on 2 September.

More at https://meditatiocentrelondon.org/events
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Losing & Finding

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Fr Laurence’s reflecting on one of the passages of his newly launched book ‘Tasting Wisdom’:
"It is in heart consciousness rather than just mental consciousness that the physical, mental and spiritual dimensions of ourselves find harmony and unity and integration, oneness."

Please come and join Laurence Freeman to celebrate his book launch, live in London or online on 2 September.

More at https://meditatiocentrelondon.org/events
#booklaunch #wccmbooks #laurencefreeman #tastingwisdom #contemplativeleaders #christianmeditation

Heart consciousness

Fr Laurence’s reflecting on one of the passages of his newly launched book ‘Tasting Wisdom’:
"For the true contemplatives of our Tradition, such as the Desert Fathers and Mothers, Contemplation
is not an escape from but a journey into communion, into relationship, into the present."

Please come and join Laurence Freeman to celebrate his book launch, live in London or online on 2 September.

More at https://meditatiocentrelondon.org/events

A Journey into Communion

Fr Laurence’s reflecting on one of the passages of his newly launched book ‘Tasting Wisdom’:
"The giving of attention is such a sacred and beautiful thing. The act of voluntary attention is also the very dynamic and heart of consciousness."

Please come and join Laurence Freeman to celebrate his book launch, live in London or online on 2 September.

More at https://meditatiocentrelondon.org/events
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The Gift of Attention

John Deane Irish poet and novelist is the founder of Poetry Ireland, Ireland ‘s National Poetry Society, and its journal “The Poetry Ireland Review”.
"I believe a good artist stands between God and Humanity and tries to link it"
John will be one of the speakers at the next John Main Seminar at Balally Parish, Dublin, Ireland 5 to 9 November, where speakers will explore the reappearance of Celtic Christian wisdom today at a critical moment for human evolution - more info at wccm.org/jms2025

Entangled Whispers: Celtic Poetry, Cosmic Christ, and the Rediscovery of Hope

Audio channel of The World Community for Christian Meditation with news, interviews, talks and music. Contact: Leonardo Corrêa (leonardo@wccm.org)

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