The
Teaching
of Dom
John Main
OSB
'The all important aim in Christian Meditation is to allow God’s mysterious presence within us to become more and more not only a reality, but the reality which gives meaning, shape and purpose to everything we do, to everything we are.'
How to
Meditate:
Sit down. Sit still and upright.
Close your eyes lightly.
Sit relaxed but alert.
Breathe calmly and regularly.
Silently, interiorly, begin to say a single word. We recommend the prayer-phrase ‘MA-RA-NA-THA'.
Recite it as four syllables of equal length. Listen to it as you say it, gently but continuously. Do not think or imagine anything - spiritual or otherwise. If thoughts and images come, these are distractions at the time of meditation, so keep returning to simply saying the word.
Meditate each morning and evening for between twenty and thirty minutes.
The
Kingdom of
God is
within you
Namaste
I honour in you
that place in you
where the Lord resides
And when you
are in that place
in you
and I am
in that place
in me
then there is
only one of us
'namaste'
Links
For further information please browse our website and also see the websites of The World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM):