Saturday, Nov 29, 2025, 10am-12noon Pacific Time
This online live teaching time with Cynthia embraces the sacred calling to be “Contemplatives with grit!”
As our world and planetary systems reel in the grip of what many sense to be a thickening pandemic of evil, the Wisdom perspective is urgently needed. We believe that only from this broader cosmic and integrative perspective can sufficient leverage be found to work effectively with the escalating disintegration—political, cultural, ecological, spiritual—so apparent in our own times.
Contemplatives of all spiritual pathways are invited to join together for this online teaching. Cynthia will draw from spiritual and psychological sources to show us how to strengthen our inner resources and deepen our commitment. In particular, she will revisit the concept of ‘holy obedience’ found in the teaching of Quaker mystic Thomas Kelly, who nearly 100 years ago stepped up out of his Quaker conscience to speak truth to power.
We invite you to attend this gathering together with others in your contemplative community. TCS will be providing a series of reflection questions for small groups to address “in real life” after the Zoom gathering.
Accesible registration fee: $60 or pay-from-the-heart.
Further details and registration link provided on The Contemplative Society website. Click on the Register button to be automatically transfered to their webpage.
(cover image credit: The “Green tree with red sky Painting” used on this page is by Hertaklassenart.)
The Contemplative Society Founding Teacher: Cynthia Bourgeault
The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault is a modern-day mystic, Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader. She divides her time between solitude at her seaside hermitage in Maine and tending to a global network of students and practitioners. Her signature contribution to the Christian contemplative reawakening has focused on four main areas: 1) Centering Prayer; 2) The Christian Wisdom Tradition; 3) The Western Esoteric and Fourth Way traditions; 4) The Path of Conscious Love.
She has worked closely with fellow teachers and colleagues including Thomas Keating, Bruno Barnhart, and Richard Rohr, and is an emeritus faculty member of the Living School at the Center for Action and Contemplation. Cynthia has actively participated in numerous inter-spiritual dialogues and events with luminaries and leaders such as A.H. Almaas, Kabir Helminski, Swami Atmarupananda, and Rami Shapiro.
We are honoured to offer a wide variety of Cynthia’s audio teachings in our STORE here.
We have listed Cynthia’s current book selections here.
For Cynthia’s most current writings, offerings, and her calendar of upcoming events please refer to her personal website: CynthiaBourgeault.org
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