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John Main Seminar 2011 in Cork Laurence Freeman/Kathleen Weller Dear Ones, Earlier this August, I attended the 2017 John Main Seminar. We were hosted on the campus of the University of St. Thomas in the museum district of Houston, Texas. People travelled from Venezuela, Trinidad, Australia and beyond to attend. I still have much to unpack from the week; much to yet ponder. The seminar began with a four-day guided silent retreat with Laurence Freeman (Benedictine) who is the Executive Director of the World Community for Christian Meditation. He led us through short talks on finding our way to the "inner room" in our meditation. Citing Scripture, the practice of Lectio Divina, and the images of the Rothko Chapel, Fr. Laurence made a compelling case on how we may be led into stillness and silence. A silence we practiced 6 times a day for 25 minutes each sitting. What I want to share is more experience and interpretation than information. It so happens tha