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Hello Contemplatives! We’re excited to announce the publication of “ Practicing Living Presence: Discovering the Mind of Christ Within – Part TWO! “, Cynthia Bourgeault’s exploration of Kabir Helminski’s book “ Living Presence: A Sufi Way to Mindfulness & the Essential Self”, and the accompanying Practice Manual by Lynn C Bauman, Living the Presence: A Manual for Contemplative Christian Practice” In Part One (published in November 2021 – find it HERE ), Cynthia explored Chapters 1-9 of...

Hello Contemplative Friends, What does contemplation have to do with heat domes, atmospheric rivers, landslides, clearcuts and forest fires? How do we, as contemplatives, weave the suffering and luminosity of our planet into our daily practice in a way that is real? What is our part in the much-called-for transformation of collective human and more-than-human consciousness? The Board of The Contemplative Society, in our Wisdom Circle last fall, discerned that part of our work would be to...

Hello Contemplative friends in the Greater Victoria Region, We can meet again in person! We can ditch the Zoom separation and gather again as living, breathing, contemplatives. Not on a 2-dimensional screen, but in multi-dimensional embodiment of community – to sit, walk, celebrate, and enjoy our living presence to each other and the Divine Presence in all Creation. Join us for a Spring Celebration with a gentle morning of Contemplative Silence.We’ll Celebrate with chant in the Style of...

Jesus replied, “Now the hour has come for the Chosen One to be glorified. The truth of the matter is, unless a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it remains only a single grain; but if it dies, it yields a rich harvest.” John 12:24 IB It is the start of Holy Week, and everywhere on these traditional terirtories of the Lek’wungen speaking peoples the earth is waking from it’s long cold, wet and windy winter. The yellow daffodils and blue camas have broken through the frigid ground...