The Impact of Meditation in Community - Flipbook - Page 4
Introduction
If you are one of the many people who participated in our study – thank you.
Our aim was to understand more about the impact of meditation from the Christian
wisdom tradition. Needless to say, we are not trying to measure the work of grace, but
more clearly understand the fruits of meditation - or silent prayer - in people’s lives,
which we receive several emails about each week.
More specifically we wanted to explore whether the practice, which many of you
have built into the rhythm of your lives, can help bring about the renewed
humanity that is so desperately needed.
Can it help us contribute to greater peace and compassion in the world?
As well as check boxes, the survey and interviews deliberately included several openended questions enabling participants to reflect as freely on their experiences and say as
much or as little as they wished. The majority of people chose to share a great deal
which was immensely helpful and enriched our learning.
The quotations interspersed throughout the document are reflective of the common
themes that were shared.
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