The contemplative practice of suppleness ...

No ... not an exercise class, but a Still Waters session of contemplative practice:

a time to enter silence, still the mind and encounter the present moment in quiet

Our meditation for this session will draw on an Aramaic interpretation of the Jesus saying,

'Blessed are the meek: for they will inherit the earth' 

We gather from 8.30am in silence; led meditation at 9am, followed by a further time of silence, concluding with an opportunity for shared insight and circle of blessing. 

Saturday 5th March 2016

Wild Fortune Prayer Loft

8.30 - 10am

This our final 'winter' session here at Wild Fortune in the prayer loft. 

From April Still Waters will be returning to St. Mary's Church, Sullington.

No need to book, but it would be really helpful to know that you intend to come so we put out enough chairs. Do bring a cushion if you like sitting on the floor. 

Peace be with you

  

To turn and turn again ...

Response

Turn

‘Metanoia’

Turn around

Face the Holy

Attend

Give yourself to this one thing

Again and again

See

‘Theoria’

Awaken

Be seen

Shed the mask

And untruth of yourself

Enter this place of nakedness

 before God

Be illumined

Be transfigured

by light and love

Be

‘Theosis’

Be in God

Walk in the way of the Beloved

At one with the Holy One

i am echoing I AM

No longer I

But Christ

Turn

See

Be

Turn

Tessa Holland

Reflection on 'Metanoia' for Ash Wednesday

Metanoia

God in His Name saves.

We enter the sphere of God when we turn,

METANOIA in Greek …

We are illumined in God’s kingdom when we turn and see, THEORIA.

We are God’s own in His Kingdom when seeing 

is grace of being in the ground of being,

which is THEOSIS….

Turning,

[the one who seeks God] stays with the emptiness.

Seeing,

he/she does not cultivate anything.

Being

oned with the One, he/she does not tell anyone.

It is God’s business whether the Spirit

inspires speech in His Name.

Priest-Monk Silouan

Wisdom Songs.

Still Waters - 6th February

Still Waters

a time to enter silence, still the mind and encounter the present moment in quiet

Saturday 6th February 2016

Wild Fortune Prayer Loft

8.30am – Gathering in quiet in the prayer loft;

9am – Introduction and input followed by companionable silence & meditation;

9.45am – Optional sharing of insight;

10am -  Circle of blessing  

This Saturday, we shall be led by Mike, an experienced meditator and a regular at Still Waters. All are welcome. If you are hoping to join us, please let us know, so that we can put out enough chairs - there's plenty of space. Please note the prayer loft is upstairs and that it is a shoe free zone – so do bring woolly socks or slippers if you wish! 

You are welcome to use the drive for parking, though if you think you might like to go for a walk in the woods afterwards, it might be better to park in the next road along from us and walk through the twitten into our lane.

If you’d like to know more or get directions, please do be in touch through this blog or via email - wildfortune@btinternet.com  

Peace be with you

Tessa & Mark

A Service of Silence & Beholding

an unhurried time in which to dwell at the heart of the Eucharist

8am

Sunday 24th January

St. Mary's Church, Sullington

All are welcome

We come just as we are

All one in Christ Jesus 

The Beloved One

Peace be with you

For reflection in the midst of challenges - this wonderful poem ... 

We're all in winter's grip,

but even more caught is the person who loves

because they are held by Love's power.

If anyone is bold enough and strong enough

to risk everything in an adventure - 

welcome the sweet and the bitter - 

they should send Love an invoice.

then they'll touch Love 

with total tenderness.

Hadewijch, Poems in Stanzas

translated by Carmen Butcher

In This Birth ...

In this birth

         you will discover 

         all blessing.

But neglect this birth

and you neglect 

all blessing.

      Tend only to this birth in you

and you will find there

all goodness and all consolation,

all delight,

all being and all truth...

from 'Meditations with Meister Eckhart' 

a centering book by Matthew Fox 

Wherever you are in what ever circumstances you find yourself, 
may you know the eternal birthing of Christ within your soul.

All are welcome to join us for Still Waters on January 2nd, 8.30am - 10am for a simple Christmastide meditation and silence at Wild Fortune. 

Peace be with you. 

Advent Stillness

Still Waters - this has been cancelled

Saturday 5th December 8.30-10am at Wild Fortune

8.30am – Gathering in quiet in the prayer loft;

9am – Short introduction and some input from Mike Howard, followed by companionable silence & meditation of about 25 minutes;

9.45am – Optional sharing of insight;

10am -  Circle of blessing

There is room for everybody, but please let us know beforehand if you are coming, so we can set out enough chairs/cushions. The prayer loft, above the garage, is a shoe free zone; do bring slippers if you like warm feet. You are welcome to park on the drive.  

This will be our only gathering during December, as the house and Quiet Garden remains closed for urgent repairs to the house roof. We shall resume with Still Waters on 2^nd January here at Wild Fortune and A Service of Silence & Beholding will be on 24^th January at Sullington Church.