Good Shepherd Meditation Group.

Group Purpose

To learn and use meditation to help us to relax, to focus, and to understand ourselves a little better.

Description of Activities

We open with a short prayer then have a talk by one of the leaders of the World Community for Christian Meditation, usually on CD.
Then we meditate for about 25minutes, with a short discussion afterward.
We are quite happy for meditators from other faiths or denominations to come and join us. We follow the practices of the WCCM as taught by Dom John Main, and continued by Br Lawrence Freeman, who is now spiritual Guide of the World Community for Christian Meditation.
This entails a sitting still and quieting the thoughts, by concentrating on a single word.
This sounds very simple and it is! Anyone can do it, even small children.

Anyone who is living a stressful life, will find great benefits from it, in calming the spirit and helping to deal with stressful situations.
That is why we chose the time of Friday at five, because people going home from work on  a Friday would benefit from a little oasis of calm on their way home!

People who feel this may not fit in with Christian worship will be reassured, by talking to us or reading literature we have available, that  this practice was used by the early church, and by contemplative people down through the ages.
People who may be dissatisfied by their prayer life, may find Christian Meditation a great help.

We encourage everyone to meditate twice a day at home, which brings great benefits. Meditating in community brings even greater blessings.
We encourage Anyone to come along and try meditating- its free and it may change your life!

Meeting Times and Venue

Good Shepherd church, unless otherwise changed.                                                       
5pm Friday, goes for about 1hour.

Key Contact

Margaret Daniels
Tel 0732000237
Email address: c/- Parish Office     apol.parishadministrator@westnet.com.au

 Other Information

 Link to the World Community for Christian Meditation                             
   www.wccm.org

 We are affiliated to the Australian Christian Meditation Community
   www.christianmeditationaustralia.org

 The Brisbane area Coordinator is
   Johanna Lawrence
   Johannal1@optusnet.com.au
   Tel 33141404