Contemplative Revolution

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 Programme. You can learn more here.Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. 

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 purpose of all social planning.View the full article on the Contemplative Through the Crisis Programme website here.  Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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 China. He is interested in inculturating Christian faith into the Chinese context. He is the author or editor of several books and many articles, in Chinese, English and Italian. Soundtrack: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. 

"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 Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. 

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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.