Practices we share and engage with in our daily lives

These practices prepare our heart to perceive the signs of wisdom and the wonders of living in a sanctified world. We practice both, in our everyday lives and gather in person or online. ‘If you are faithful to the practice the practice will be faithful to you’.

(Dr James Finlay paraphrasing Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche)

Our gatherings are simple and spacious:

  • a short arrival into sacred space

  • 20 mins of centering prayer a receptive meditation practice. (or any silent practice one uses)

  • Lectio Divina : reflection on scripture, sacred texts and poetry through sacred sharing and listening

  1. Centering Prayer

“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” John 12;24

A simple returning movement of consent to the presence and action of God (divine love) within. Through regular practice we return again and again to our intention to consent, loosening our habitual ‘programmes for happiness” and allowing deeper wisdom to shape us. The inner ground of being-in-God gathers substance and heft to anchor us ‘no matter what outer storms assail us. Read more here.  

2. Lectio Divina

Literally means ‘divine reading’ (or seeing or hearing). It is an ancient practice of meditating upon sacred scriptures/stories/ images. We listen with the ‘eye of the heart’ as if we are in conversation with God as a loving presence wanting to be known in and as us in the midst of our everyday lives.  Read more here

Chant/Song/Psalms

When prayer moves from words into chant, the body listens. Sound carries us where thinking cannot go, allowing wisdom to be received rather than grasped.

‍ ‍ Service

Silence in action emerges out of the practice. Our life becomes a service to the whole, as the me is transformed into a larger field of consciousness.