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- The World Community for Christian Meditation - Supports the practice of meditation as taught by John Main OSB and Lawrence Freeman OSB. Includes resources, webcast and training information, reflections and online meditation group.
- Shalem Institute - Ecumenical Christian organization devoted to the support of contemplative spirituality. Draws on the rich resources of contemplative tradition with emphasis on direct, loving presence of God. It pays attention to the convergence of contemplative insight with compassion, discernment, and action in response to God's call for a world of shalom.
- Lectio Divina - Meditations on the Art of Divine Reading - A series of meditations on the ancient monastic practice. Scripture with poetry enliven the basic principles of meditating on the Word of God.
- Contemplative Outreach Northwest - Committed to renewing the contemplative dimension of the Gospel in primarily Washington State. Offers prayer groups, retreats, and workshops.
- Prayer: The Contemplative Way - Encourages centering and contemplative prayer and provides links to further instruction on the same.
- Contemplative Outreach - A non-profit organization that teaches and promotes the practice of centering prayer.
- Victoria Shambhala Meditation Centre - One of 140 non-profit centers worldwide, presenting the Buddhist and Shambhala paths of meditation and contemplative arts.
- The Cloud of Unknowing - "A book of contemplation ... , in which the soul is one with God." 14th-century work upon which the theology of centering prayer is based.
- Kyrie.com: Prayer - Essays and resources.
- Pacific Center for Spiritual Formation - An ecumenical Christian organization located in San Francisco Bay area and devoted to contemplative spirituality and interfaith understanding. Includes schedules for groups, workshops and retreats.
Wikipedia Articles
- Contemplation (Kafka) - Contemplation, or Meditation (Betrachtung in German) is a sequence of eighteen short stories by Franz Kafka written between 1904 and 1912. Eight of these stories were published under the same title in the bimonthly Hyperion and were Kafka's first publicationKafka, Franz.
- Jewish meditation - Jewish meditation can refer to several traditional practices of contemplation, visualization, analysis, and gaining intuitive insights.
- Anselm Grün - Anselm Grün (in English also: Anselm Gruen), OSB (born January 14 1945 in Junkershausen, Germany) is a German Benedictine padre, author of spiritual books, consultant of spiritual issues, clerical advisor and course instructor for meditation, contemplation, fasting etc.
- Anussati - Anussati (Pāli; Sanskrit: Anusmriti) means "recollection," "contemplation," "remembrance," "meditation" and "mindfulness."Rhys Davids
- Prayer of Quiet - The Prayer of Quiet is a term from Christian theology. It is regarded by writers on mystical theology as one of the degrees of contemplation, and must be distinguished therefore from meditation and from affective prayer.