Meditation at Dalby : The practice of stillness and silence.
WCCM : The World Community of Christian Mediiation
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Bonnevaux : The World Community of Christian Meditation in France.
At Dalby we follow the practice of the World Community of Christian Meditation The soul of Bonnevaux is its small residential community. This is a group of people living together in the spirit of the 1500-year-old Rule of St Benedict. It is an ‘open cloister’ inspired by the essential elements of monastic wisdom. They live peacefully while being aware of the turbulence of the world today and contributing as they can to healing its divisions.
Volunteers and guests who make their time at Bonnevaux part of their spiritual journey are invited to experience their faith in the power of contemplation to heal the world.
For more information please see : https://wccm.org
Volunteers and guests who make their time at Bonnevaux part of their spiritual journey are invited to experience their faith in the power of contemplation to heal the world.
For more information please see : https://wccm.org
Meditation simplifies us, simplifies us to the point where we can receive the fullness of truth and the fullness of love. " John Main
Our challenge as Christians is not to try to convert people around us to our way of belief but to love them, to be ourselves living incarnations of what we believe, to live what we believe and to love what we believe. John Main
"When all the many layers of consciousness are quiet, utterly still, only then is there the immeasurable, the bliss, that is not of time .....the renewal of creation."
Our challenge as Christians is not to try to convert people around us to our way of belief but to love them, to be ourselves living incarnations of what we believe, to live what we believe and to love what we believe. John Main
"When all the many layers of consciousness are quiet, utterly still, only then is there the immeasurable, the bliss, that is not of time .....the renewal of creation."
Dalby Bay : The many layers of a single headland revealed by The Light
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Meditating at Dalby : Seeking Silence Within
In stillness and silence we meet around the fire in Dalby schoolrooms to share teaching and practice together on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month from 7.30 to 9.00pm Meditation is about being still both inwardly and outwardly. In the busyness of our lives it brings a quiet centeredness, an awareness of “Being at One" with all things. You're always very welcome to come and join us or contact Cheryl if you'd like to talk more about the journey of meditation as part of your own spiritual journey. You don't need to have had any previous experience of meditating to come and join us. |
The WCCM Logo : The two birds looking in different directions represent the harmony and union of the contemplative and active dimensions of human life, symbolizing the balance between the inner spiritual life and outward action. They show how quiet daily meditation sustains active daily living.
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Meditation at Dalby 2026
(Please see our website or contact Cheryl to check for any alterations of dates)
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Connecting with Community.......
WCCM are growing as a community of meditators in more than 100 countries, committed to developing a contemplative Christian life for our time and to dialogue between religion, science, business, art, body and mind. At the heart of this community is the meeting of many weekly groups, both physically and on line, which introduce the essential teaching of meditation and help to deepen the inner journey. Personal transformation leads then to social and global transformation.
Father Lawrence Freeman describes their identity :" Service and witness are central to who we are. Our role is not to market meditation but to help people experience spiritual awakening. Contemplation and action are distinct but inseparable in the Christian ethos. Recalling our roots in the Desert tradition, and warning against a selfish commodifying of spiritual practice, John Main pointed out that the danger a hermit confronts is in missing a key feature of community life: “whose feet can I wash?”
We question the familiar terms we use, of ‘inreach’ and outreach’ and concluded they can help us organize our priorities from a practical perspective but that both are integral to our identity and reflect each other.
WCCM are growing as a community of meditators in more than 100 countries, committed to developing a contemplative Christian life for our time and to dialogue between religion, science, business, art, body and mind. At the heart of this community is the meeting of many weekly groups, both physically and on line, which introduce the essential teaching of meditation and help to deepen the inner journey. Personal transformation leads then to social and global transformation.
Father Lawrence Freeman describes their identity :" Service and witness are central to who we are. Our role is not to market meditation but to help people experience spiritual awakening. Contemplation and action are distinct but inseparable in the Christian ethos. Recalling our roots in the Desert tradition, and warning against a selfish commodifying of spiritual practice, John Main pointed out that the danger a hermit confronts is in missing a key feature of community life: “whose feet can I wash?”
We question the familiar terms we use, of ‘inreach’ and outreach’ and concluded they can help us organize our priorities from a practical perspective but that both are integral to our identity and reflect each other.
