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Unified Consciousness: One Thoughts, One Coronary heart is the theme of the World Group for Christian Meditation (WCCM) for 2022. This retreat (on-line and in individual: July 27 to August three, 2022) will carry collectively younger folks from everywhere in the world. the world to mirror on the which means of unity for themselves and for the planet. It should assist us transfer out of isolation and concern of Covid into a brand new engagement with actuality and potential.
The expertise of unity among the many individuals having fun with their variety will probably be an essential a part of the week’s expertise. Simply as it’s mandatory to search out peace inside ourselves earlier than we are able to stay peacefully in our private lives and take it out into the world, it’s also essential to unblock the wellspring of internal pleasure and set it flowing.
Meditation is a common knowledge and observe that Bonnevaux teaches from the Christian custom. The individuals will share common occasions of meditation inside the rhythm of lifetime of the Bonnevaux group. Folks new to the observe, in addition to common meditators, will discover one thing to assist them be taught and develop extra.
There will probably be alternatives to be taught or relearn the artwork of studying knowledge texts from varied traditions. This may turn into a precious useful resource in later life, as interreligious dialogue turns into one thing we expertise internally.
An excellent relationship with the physique and sexuality is important for human concord. With yoga, bodywork, assist with posture and getting your palms soiled within the backyard, the retreat will present tips on how to stability the bodily with the non secular, mental and emotional facets of the expertise.
Sharing comfortably in an surroundings of belief and with out strain additionally results in unity. We are able to share after we really feel comfy with issues like work-life stability, making choices, overcoming addictive conduct, discovering a accomplice, taking dangers, therapeutic from trauma, and determining tips on how to be a pal.
On this retreat, we are going to experientially mirror on the subject of unified consciousness from a private and world perspective. We are going to discover an essential query for our world proper now: Does meditation make a distinction? How does private transformation result in world change? Local weather change, Covid and now the Ukraine tragedy are exhibiting us, painfully, that we’re a household, interdependent and depending on one another in thoughts, physique and coronary heart. How can meditation make this expertise of oneness joyful and hopeful?
The WCCM Younger Grownup retreat goals to develop a brand new era of contemplatives, residing and dealing for a greater world, creating fulfilling relationships, discovering how solitude and group go collectively in wholesome residing.
Bonnevaux is the worldwide house of the WCCM. It has a thousand years of historical past as a lovely and therapeutic place of contemplation. A core group has been residing right here within the spirit of Saint Benedict’s Rule of Life since 2019. We are actually opening for retreats and friends. The communal lifetime of meditation, worship, work and research integrates bodywork, knowledge educating, music, inventive expression and non secular path. On this retreat you’ll style one thing of this rhythm of life that we hope you’ll carry again to your each day life and work.
The retreat will probably be led by a group from the group led by Father Laurence Freeman and Giovanni Felicioni. When you’ve got any questions concerning the retreat or want monetary help to attend, please contact Geert Geert@wccm.org
To assist put together for the retreat, we advocate that you simply go to the WCCM web site: wccm.org and skim by means of the introduction and educating on meditation and world facets of group.
To see particulars and e book see: https://bonnevauxwccm.org/all-programmes/one-in-mind-one-in-heart/
