# Contemplative Revolution A podcast by WCCM Podcast. A weekly WCCM audio podcast: Talks, Interviews and dialogues from the World Community for Christian Meditation - www.wccm.org Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/rss ## Latest episodes - [Meditation Is Like Learning to Swim with Stefan Reynolds](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/6379d5ed3c27) (2026-02-17, 8 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115620959/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-17%2F418257563-44100-2-1df97a1560ae7.mp3 - [The Well of Being - Monte Oliveto Retreat 2021 (First Talk)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/b50321312209) (2023-04-13, 63 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301039/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829621-44100-2-fa154b7324b33f2b.mp3 - [Paul: A Contradiction like us?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/aeca59f982b7) (2023-02-24, 63 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301007/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829572-44100-2-5742572c23ae3321.mp3 - [Attention: The Middle Way, the Narrow Path, Levels of Consciousness Series](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/643f2ef96f44) (2023-02-03, 54 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301000/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829574-44100-2-5dbbac9a619ea8ff.mp3 - [Reconciling Opposites in a Polarised World with Sarah Bachelard](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/357691a400cb) (2023-01-19, 41 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300987/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829578-44100-2-052578759648b2e8.mp3 - [The Healing Response: A Conversation with Tim Kelly](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/5c36b65d1f4d) (2022-10-20, 36 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300977/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829541-44100-2-468f479531d46752.mp3 - [Herman Van Rompuy — Politics and the Management of Division](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/1fba1b6f2e4d) (2022-09-08, 28 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301028/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829645-44100-2-c6ee49311ce2e02c.mp3 - [Sunrise At Midnight with Martin Laird OSA (Part 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/26dacb6abdfa) (2022-03-25, 66 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301033/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829611-44100-2-463929502b3bf9fd.mp3 - [The Spirit in the Desert (Talk 1 & 2) with Rowan Williams](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/c18209819ed9) (2022-02-04, 31 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300962/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829539-44100-2-8a3116357d244c1d.mp3 - [The Tightrope of Moderation - 2020 Bonnevaux Lent Retreat Talk 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/dcdc4f3340d4) (2022-01-28, 54 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300974/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829532-44100-2-06f6388011d8cf29.mp3 - [Who am I? Dancing with your Shadow (online retreat) with Kim Nataraja](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/65589ad1410f) (2021-12-03, 54 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301026/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829606-44100-2-60634daa7eaff7f4.mp3 - [Contemplating Earth and Meditation Session with Jim Green](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/e08db9c5adb5) (2021-11-26, 37 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301044/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829648-44100-2-215057ccc3aebbb4.mp3 - [Meditation and the Climate Crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/0c0461128d77) (2021-11-19, 68 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301031/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829593-44100-2-6d6aa9c7893923b8.mp3 - [Audio Extract from Contemplating Earth Module 1: Now / Apocalypse](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/45d8ffc33a6e) (2021-11-12, 3 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300941/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829536-44100-2-5c01d9fcfb2bcdd4.mp3 - [Contemplation for an Age of Artificial Intelligence by Dr Marco Schorlemmer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/876e864b3ca5) (2021-10-29, 61 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301019/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829596-44100-2-a81cb9e1d2f0a52f.mp3 - [Meditation with Children: A conversation between Reverend Rowan Williams & Laurence Freeman OSB](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/d29bb0330e17) (2021-10-22, 7 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300950/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829567-44100-2-e7f5835669692ff1.mp3 - [Meditation and the Environment with Pascale Callec (John Main Seminar 2021)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/37f84e5ace80) (2021-10-15, 13 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300948/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829545-44100-2-c9be64517e7042c0.mp3 - [Meditation: a different kind of experience with Laurence Freeman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/9b8acbebf15a) (2021-10-01, 46 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301023/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829604-44100-2-fd2e262995d45aca.mp3 - [Healing into Wholeness with Laurence Freeman OSB](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/df6973ff2098) (2021-09-03, 25 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300965/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829552-44100-2-7bccb5aa60fe1116.mp3 - [John Main And The Monastic Tradition Of Prayer with Laurence Freeman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/eb8471342042) (2021-08-27, 79 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301045/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829615-44100-2-4a7cdc60eb214c72.mp3 - [The Future of Contemplative Life in Church](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/a6497a7f04cf) (2021-08-20, 58 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301053/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829642-44100-2-3298eb043bfdb361.mp3 - [Distraction, Attention and Wholeness with Laurence Freeman OSB](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/cf3feecd567a) (2021-08-06, 64 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301004/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829566-44100-2-379c34265248ed4b.mp3 - [The Living Tradition of Silence with Laurence Freeman OSB](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/1f23bdb703d0) (2021-07-09, 41 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300957/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829524-44100-2-310fcb45d51ac2e8.mp3 - [Solitude as the Cure to Loneliness with Laurence Freeman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/dec6f1282361) (2021-06-02, 30 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300992/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829602-44100-2-a9382763767f9097.mp3 - [Childhood: A milestone of life with Laurence Freeman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/d05ff60f0bc6) (2021-05-29, 70 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301049/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829627-44100-2-69326ef5f2c1aa38.mp3 - [The Saint, the Writer, the Mystic with Stefan Reynolds](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/a5924fc74501) (2021-05-13, 48 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300996/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829577-44100-2-c3643b27b4fca2e2.mp3 - [The Tradition of Meditation - Wisdom Living & the Joy of Connection with Laurence Freeman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/4c1209c4dd9f) (2021-05-07, 64 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301058/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829656-44100-2-e5aa631f141f4bd7.mp3 - [God not Among the Gods with James Alison](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/2c27a765ea6f) (2021-04-23, 53 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301022/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829585-44100-2-a7d1c9cd570bef1e.mp3 - [The Loneliness of the World](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/9616f5e4186a) (2021-04-16, 24 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300972/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829573-44100-2-7e09e02c508b3161.mp3 - [Why do we meditate?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/0c9fb647241b) (2021-04-09, 60 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301020/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829598-44100-2-0c93292b8712b633.mp3 - [Success, Failure and Meaning with Laurence Freeman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/5f71bcbf3189) (2021-03-26, 64 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301037/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829608-44100-2-563390b62c01634c.mp3 - [Vanity and Pride and the breath of true freedom with Laurence Freeman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/081fb3866120) (2021-03-19, 33 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300970/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829562-44100-2-8a2690d6ca0be54a.mp3 - [What is Mysticism? with Prof Bernard McGinn](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/875aa87b8197) (2021-02-26, 33 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300975/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829571-44100-2-4d411f98340f7404.mp3 - [Sarah Bachelard: A Church Come of Age](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/ac4e5ca8866b) (2021-02-12, 57 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301006/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829576-44100-2-9d08f0ff0c5e59eb.mp3 - [The Necessity of Lament with Sarah Bachelard](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/f605bdf16908) (2021-02-05, 18 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300949/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829540-44100-2-46f6c560da60ad5d.mp3 - [Being and Doing Human by Professor Peter Gilbert](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/c9fd2e12e05e) (2021-01-29, 53 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301024/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829620-44100-2-dfff62ccac9eb852.mp3 - [The Contemplative Conscious Mind: A Conversation with Herman Van Rompuy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/638ab2c24cb3) (2021-01-22, 78 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301065/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829654-44100-2-73fb0dbe4f62e661.mp3 - [Working with the poor prepared me for meditation with Sr. Ruth Montrichard](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/ac2ea066fba2) (2021-01-15, 52 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301030/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829597-44100-2-addb24f3b1eda5ff.mp3 - [The Animated Meditator: An interview with Paul Demeyer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/e9b3596d74b3) (2020-12-18, 40 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300985/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829575-44100-2-55c7666758568773.mp3 - [Introduction to the Essential Teaching of Meditation with Laurence Freeman OSB](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/bacfbf21ca0c) (2020-12-12, 28 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300953/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829533-44100-2-cf807f5d599e15d1.mp3 - [Listening to the Child with Prof. Anne Graham](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/efdd2b26ccbd) (2020-12-04, 52 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301012/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829570-44100-2-1f83cda1d192a117.mp3 - [A Politician Who Learned To Listen with Jack Murta](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/95e2f0bc21a2) (2020-11-27, 47 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301014/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829587-44100-2-885cd604873dc364.mp3 - [There’s More Than Enough Happiness To Go Around with Julia Kim](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/f1eafb4f1b73) (2020-11-20, 62 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301057/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829655-44100-2-eab5c1ebdc647a34.mp3 - [Waiting is Being Fully Present with Laurence Freeman OSB](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/e3d061353652) (2020-11-13, 41 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300988/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829581-44100-2-7926e2d85292d62a.mp3 - [A deeper exploration of the ego & an introduction to the shadow with Kim Nataraja](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/37c1950bf2f6) (2020-11-06, 65 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301008/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829565-44100-2-bcfad849301f1ddc.mp3 - [Ripening Lives in Frightening Times with Liz Watson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/0cf243ba3e86) (2020-10-23, 53 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300983/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829551-44100-2-3337ce4a38eb659a.mp3 - [Pushing humanity into universal active compassion with Andrew Harvey](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/589e14fc7b01) (2020-10-16, 78 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301035/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829594-44100-2-c9a2503f3715c717.mp3 - [Inner Silence and Purification of the Heart with Father Joseph Wong OSB](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/a537b1a9d6e0) (2020-10-09, 53 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301048/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829647-44100-2-172eb61218e9cb5a.mp3 - [East-West: The Two Halves of the Soul Talk with Laurence Freeman OSB](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/832523899a93) (2020-10-02, 59 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115300997/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829542-44100-2-76b5fcfd66f0b3d8.mp3 - [A Living Hope: The Shape of Christian Virtue - Christian Virtue and the Life of the World](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466772367/3d90cc02e97c) (2020-09-25, 62 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10eebbdec/podcast/play/115301018/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-10%2F417829583-44100-2-9b524e42f59b1da5.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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