Meditatio House: The Question of Silence

At Meditatio House there is a time of silence each weekday morning until 9am. What is the point of this

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Meditatio House: Fear and the Blowfly Mind

Many of us may be familiar with the term ‘monkey mind’. Thubten Chodron, Buddhist author, teacher and Abbess, writes that

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August 8: the Feast of Mary MacKillop. A Contemplative in Action.

Paul Gardiner, Mary MacKillop’s official biographer, writes this brief and telling assessment of Mary the contemplative: People observing Mary MacKillop’s

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