Outreach of The World Community for Christian Meditation
Terry Doyle is a WCCM Oblate and leads a project to bring meditation to the marginalised in Middlesbrough. The Diocesan Catholic Voice (newspaper from Middlesbrough) published recently an article highlighting Terry’s work (read below).
Almost everything you think you know about differences between the brain hemispheres is wrong. The topic was taken over and distorted by pop psychology,and hence understandably, but nonetheless irrationally, neglected by the mainstream.So why is the brain, an organ that exists only to make connections, divided and asymmetrical? What does it tell us about the structure of the world we inhabit?
Iain McGilchrist will argue that lateralisation is now the topic in neuroscience of greatest significance for understanding the human condition. Dr Iain McGilchristis a former Fellow of All Souls College,Oxford, a Fellow of the RoyalCollege of Psychiatrists, a Fellowof the Royal Society of Arts, andformer Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director at theBethlem Royal & Maudsley Hospital, London. He has been a Research Fellow in neuroimaging at Johns Hopkins Hospital,Baltimore. He is best known asthe author of The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World(Yale 2009).
We are happy to announce the new WCCM App, available for Android and IOS devices. This new version brings many improvements to nurture on the path of Christian Meditation:- Layout enhancements
– The meditation timer with many bells options
– Basic meditation instructions, opening and closing prayer
– The latest WCCM news
– A diversity of resources, including Daily Wisdom, a selection of John Main talks, Contemplative Revolution podcast, links to Online Courses & Groups and other readings
– An easy way to access different WCCM Channels, like the main website, Bonnevaux, The School of Meditation, Meditatio and others.
To download the Android version click HERE
To download the IOS (Apple) version click HERE
The WCCM National Coordinator for Singapore, Peter Ng, spoke on meditation at an annual gathering of Singtel’s senior executives from around the world led by CEO Ms Chua Sock Koong, on 4 September. Singtel is a Singaporean telecommunications company.
Peter explained the basic teaching of meditation and led a meditation period with the group. He emphasized the transformative aspect of the practice: “Meditation is important because it is something that, if you practice with discipline, it will help you to come to self-awareness, self-knowledge, it will affect your life and it will be manifested in work.
Laurence Freeman OSB spoke on “Contemplative Leadership: Rediscovering Good Work” at the Leadership Speaker Series, promoted by Far East Organization (the largest private property developer in Singapore). The event was held on the 23 August 2019, in Singapore with also the participation of Angelene Chan (CEO of DP Architects and very involved with the Bonnevaux project) and Peter Ng (WCCM Singapore Coordinator and member of the Executive Committee).
You can watch the videos of the talks by Fr Laurence and the panel discussion where Angelene and Peter also took part.
During the event the audience also had the opportunity to watch the video “Lee Kuan Yew – Why Meditate”. You can also watch it here: