Learning to Meditate

Silent Meditation is the basis to Contemplation as understood in the Christian tradition. Being silent and still is so counter cultural today, that have to learn how to do this. There are different approaches to meditating, and we at Christ Church advocate two approaches. Firstly the John Main approach to using an anchor word or ‘mantra’ approach, which is often the easier to start with, then the second Centering Prayer as advocated by Thomas Keating. In the section below we offer eight introductory audios recorded by John Main for those starting out or wanting refreshment.

  1. How to mediate

2. Leaving the ego behind

3. A theology of prayer

4. The grand poverty of
the anchor word or mantra

5. What the tradition tells us?

6. Self-transcendence

7. Growing in love

8. The way of silence