Contemplative Revolution
108 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsA weekly WCCM audio podcast: Talks, Interviews and dialogues from the World Community for Christian Meditation - www.wccm.org
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Episodes
The Well of Being - Monte Oliveto Retreat 2021 (First Talk)
April 13, 2023 09:38 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBYou can listen and watch the content from this retreat at wccmplus.org
Paul: A Contradiction like us?
February 24, 2023 10:33 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBYou can listen and watch the full series on WCCM+ at wccmplus.org
Attention: The Middle Way, the Narrow Path, Levels of Consciousness Series
February 03, 2023 09:35 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBYou can listen and watch the full series by subscribing to WCCM+ at wccmplus.org
Reconciling Opposites in a Polarised World with Sarah Bachelard
January 19, 2023 11:48 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBIf you’ve enjoyed listening to this podcast, You can watch the full Speaker Series on wccm+ at wccmplus.org
The Healing Response: A Conversation with Tim Kelly
October 20, 2022 13:18 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBIf you're interested in exploring the topic of how meditation can heal trauma, we recommend the course Meditation - A Healing Response to Trauma here Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Herman Van Rompuy — Politics and the Management of Division
September 08, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBHerman is the key speaker of the John Main Seminar 2022, The Challenge OF Democracy: The Challenge TO Democracy, from 14 to 20 November.
Sunrise At Midnight with Martin Laird OSA (Part 1)
March 25, 2022 10:49 - 1 hour - 60 MBMartin Laird OSA works regularly with the World Community for Christian Meditation. To learn more visit wccm.org
The Spirit in the Desert (Talk 1 & 2) with Rowan Williams
February 04, 2022 11:16 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBThis audio is part of talks 1 and 2 of a series of Meditatio Talks that were held in 2015. Podcast image from Jpeter2, from Pixabay
The Tightrope of Moderation - 2020 Bonnevaux Lent Retreat Talk 1
January 28, 2022 08:31 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBIn 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
December 03, 2021 10:41 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBYou can watch all previous episodes by Kim here
Contemplating Earth and Meditation Session with Jim Green
November 26, 2021 14:46 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBYou can learn more and register for Contemplating Earth course by Jim Green on wccm.org here
Meditation and the Climate Crisis
November 19, 2021 10:57 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBFor more outreach initiatives on the topic of climate, please visit the Outreach Nature & Environment page on wccm.org
Audio Extract from Contemplating Earth Module 1: Now / Apocalypse
November 12, 2021 11:11 - 2 minutes - 2.51 MBThis is an audio extract from module 1 Now/Apocalypse as part of the online course 'Contemplating Earth' by Jim Green This course has a particular scope and intention. We want to focus on a fundamental aspect of the human response to this stark uncovering of our current endangered situation. Because the challenge now facing us is so total – so immediate and vast – there are many ways of trying to approach and understand it. The course will not ignore the different perspectives on this globa...
Contemplation for an Age of Artificial Intelligence by Dr Marco Schorlemmer
October 29, 2021 09:06 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBThis talk was part of a Meditatio talk held in London in 2017.
Meditation with Children: A conversation between Reverend Rowan Williams & Laurence Freeman OSB
October 22, 2021 10:24 - 6 minutes - 5.64 MBIf you're interested in listening to the full seminar, you can explore the course 'Hope for the Future' on the wccm.org website
Meditation and the Environment with Pascale Callec (John Main Seminar 2021)
October 15, 2021 12:41 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBListen to Pascale Callec, the French National coordinator, she’s been part of WCCM for 10 years. She works in public services management and facilitating the expression of the common good is her deepest motivation. She’s committed to the ecological transition alongside her husband. This talk was part of the short talks from the online John Main Seminar 2021.
Meditation: a different kind of experience with Laurence Freeman
October 01, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBThis talk was recorded during the pre-retreat of the 2018 John Main Seminar with the theme Experience and Meaning. This resource is free for all Supporting Members or can be purchased as an individual offering. More here: https://wccm.org/offerings/experience-and-meaning/
Healing into Wholeness with Laurence Freeman OSB
September 03, 2021 10:24 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBTo see all resources from past Advent retreats, please visit the WCCM.org website here
John Main And The Monastic Tradition Of Prayer with Laurence Freeman
August 27, 2021 14:01 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBIn this podcast, Father Laurence Freeman speaks about meditation in the monastic tradition. The word tradition is a dynamic word: it means 'transmission', it's a process in which we are constantly receiving, adapting and passing on -the very nature of the Gospel, a transmission of a living word. Laurence then continues on talking of John Main as a contemporary figure within this ancient tradition. This talk is part of A Week of Study and Practice at San Anselmo, Rome, Italy, 2015.
The Future of Contemplative Life in Church
August 20, 2021 14:38 - 57 minutes - 53 MBLearn more about the next John Main Seminar on this page here on wccm.org
Distraction, Attention and Wholeness with Laurence Freeman OSB
August 06, 2021 09:37 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBTo access the full content from the retreat, please visit the online Course Health, Healing, Wholeness
The Living Tradition of Silence with Laurence Freeman OSB
July 09, 2021 10:52 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBIf you've enjoyed watching this video, you can become a Supporting Member and get access to the full course here: https://wccm.org/offerings/silence/
Solitude as the Cure to Loneliness with Laurence Freeman
June 02, 2021 13:23 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBThis is part of the Monte Oliveto 2018 retreat - Being alone together - which you can access on the wccm.org website here Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Childhood: A milestone of life with Laurence Freeman
May 29, 2021 16:35 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBGet access to the full Milestones course here on the wccm.org website Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
The Saint, the Writer, the Mystic with Stefan Reynolds
May 13, 2021 19:42 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBSoundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
The Tradition of Meditation - Wisdom Living & the Joy of Connection with Laurence Freeman
May 07, 2021 12:57 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBThis episode is part of the series of monthly talks Wisdom Living & the Joy of Connection a journey through the roots of meditation in the Christian Tradition as experienced in the circumstances of modern life by younger people. Learn more here Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
God not Among the Gods with James Alison
April 23, 2021 14:05 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBThis is the opening talk by James Alison of the retreat 'Basic Christianity: what does the “real thing” look like when all the kitsch has collapsed?' Online Seminar, 21-26 July 2020 Coming soon: James is leading a new online retreat from Bonnevaux! 5 - 9 May 2021: Basic Christianity: An Induction into the Life of Jesus the Forgiving Victim A 5-day retreat examining the central elements of the Christian faith, with James Alison. More info and registrations here. Soundtrack: Aourourou by B...
The Loneliness of the World
April 16, 2021 09:29 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBThis is the opening talk of the Monte Oliveto Retreat 2018 led by Laurence Freeman OSB and Giovanni Felicioni. This is also part of the course Being Alone Together which you can find in the Offerings section of the wccm.org website. Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Why do we meditate?
April 09, 2021 08:03 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBThis is part of the Meditation as a Modern Spiritual Path course available on the wccm.org website. Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Success, Failure and Meaning with Laurence Freeman
March 26, 2021 15:08 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBThis is part of the Monte Oliveto retreat which took place in 2015 led by Laurence Freeman OSB and Giovanni Felicioni. You can find the full content from the retreat in the online course Love and the Gift of Failure Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Vanity and Pride and the breath of true freedom with Laurence Freeman
March 19, 2021 15:01 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBThis 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.
What is Mysticism? with Prof Bernard McGinn
February 26, 2021 14:42 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBBernard 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...
Sarah Bachelard: A Church Come of Age
February 12, 2021 09:00 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBSarah 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 Necessity of Lament with Sarah Bachelard
February 05, 2021 15:14 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBSarah 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”. Soundt...
Being and Doing Human by Professor Peter Gilbert
January 29, 2021 15:50 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBProfessor 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 ...
The Contemplative Conscious Mind: A Conversation with Herman Van Rompuy
January 22, 2021 15:12 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBYou 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-NonCommercia...
Working with the poor prepared me for meditation with Sr. Ruth Montrichard
January 15, 2021 15:27 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBServol 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. Sou...
The Animated Meditator: An interview with Paul Demeyer
December 18, 2020 14:38 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBYou 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.
Introduction to the Essential Teaching of Meditation with Laurence Freeman OSB
December 12, 2020 09:34 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBThis 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 experien...
Listening to the Child with Prof. Anne Graham
December 04, 2020 15:22 - 51 minutes - 47 MBAustralian 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-Non...
A Politician Who Learned To Listen with Jack Murta
November 27, 2020 13:24 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBBorn 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 Cri...
There’s More Than Enough Happiness To Go Around with Julia Kim
November 20, 2020 15:48 - 1 hour - 56 MBBorn 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...
Waiting is Being Fully Present with Laurence Freeman OSB
November 13, 2020 14:56 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBThis 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.
A deeper exploration of the ego & an introduction to the shadow with Kim Nataraja
November 06, 2020 14:45 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBThis 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.
Ripening Lives in Frightening Times with Liz Watson
October 23, 2020 15:25 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBLiz 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.
Pushing humanity into universal active compassion with Andrew Harvey
October 16, 2020 16:33 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBAndrew 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.
Inner Silence and Purification of the Heart with Father Joseph Wong OSB
October 09, 2020 16:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBOriginally 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...
East-West: The Two Halves of the Soul Talk with Laurence Freeman OSB
October 02, 2020 14:57 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MB"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: Aou...
A Living Hope: The Shape of Christian Virtue - Christian Virtue and the Life of the World
September 25, 2020 15:27 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBKnow more on The Contemplative Path Through the Crisis HERE Watch all talks from this series HERE Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Bede Griffiths: The Monastic Ideal According to John Main
September 18, 2020 14:39 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBIn 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.