SERIOUS LIGHT

My favourite way of praying is meditating. The idea is for us to sit still for twenty to thirty minutes, saying a mantra to root us in the present. Just let go of any thoughts, ideas or feelings. I like to think that nature doesn't like a vacuum, so God fills it, alhtough of course I believe God is there already. Meditating gives us the space to realise it.

In theory I do it twice a day for twenty minutes. In practice it is usually once a day. It must be over ten years since I started, and I go through phases of commitment - if that's not an oxymoron. I never met John Main, who did so much to get Christian Meditation accepted by the mainstream church, but have met Laurence Freeman several times. He writes inspiring newsletters for the World Community for Christian Meditation. Anyone wanting to try it out - and I heartily recommend it - should access the website below


www. wccm.org