Approaches to Meditation: Enriching Guidance from the wisdom of the Mystics

‘We are all pilgrims making our way through history as part of this great pilgrimage of love. We are on a journey back home, back to our original source in the loving heart of God.’

Brian Pierce O.P.

Our retreat together invites seekers to ‘return to the centre of the heart’ as we meditate together in the company of the mystics from both within Christianity and beyond. During our time together we shall draw on their wisdom to go deeper into our original source in the divine on all levels: body, heart, mind and soul. As well as using texts and readings from the scriptures, the Spanish and Rhineland mystics and the desert elders we shall encounter important insights from the Buddhist, Hindu and Sufi mystical traditions. We shall also explore different approaches to prayer, including sitting and walking meditation, lectio divina and stillness exercises.

This event takes place at Bonnevaux and offers an opportunity to discover the rich cultural and historical French and European heritage of the 12th-century Abbaye de Bonnevaux, as well as to explore the varied and natural beauty of the land which we cultivate as a model of ecological responsibility.

More information here.