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First Sight: The Experience of Faith
Fr. Laurence Freeman shows that the basic experience of contemplation is the experience of faith and that we all need to develop this in order to become fully human. We are all capable of it indeed we are designed for it.
Freeman re-defines faith for our secular age. He draws on his wide experience and travels in the modern world to show how a new sense of the spiritual dimension can transform the way we approach education, business, mental health, the environment, inter-religious dialogue and our view of ourselves in society.
Moving from this new vision and fresh thinking, illustrated vividly from his own life experience, he leads to practice. Meditation, he shows, offers an accessible and attractive antidote to the current cult of speed and distraction. He does not deny that this needs discipline but because it is radically simple it is a path that all can integrate.
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This is a fundraiser and is open to the public, however any financial assistance provided to The World Community for Christian Meditation is greatly appreciated.
To secure a seat for this event please see list below:
$15 secures a seat to this event
$40 secures a seat AND copy Father Laurence's latest book "First Sight"
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Laurence Freeman, OSB is a Benedictine monk and the spiritual director of the World Community for Christian Meditation(WCCM), an international network of over a thousand weekly meditation groups in over 50 countries. A graduate of Oxford University, Freeman worked at the UN, in merchant banking and in journalism before receiving his monastic training from John Main. Fr. Freeman travels globally, leading the way in the modern recovery and renewal of contemplative prayer. His most recent work in the US has been teaching at Georgetown University.
Through the 3-year Way of Peace initiative, he has worked closely with the Dalai Lama encouraging dialogue and understanding between the world's faith traditions. Among Freeman's many publications are: Jesus: The Teacher Within, Web of Silence, and Light Within. WCCM holds annual international seminars that have featured teachers such as the Dalai Lama, Fr. Thomas Keating, founder of Contemplative Outreach; and Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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LocationChurch of the Good Shepherd (View)
504 North Roxbury Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
United States
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