Following on from her first post about learning in the stillness, Ruth Tod shares her thoughts on the Quaker testimony of sustainability and how our urge to expand leads to exploitation and domination.

Lucy Faulkner-Gawlinski shares how she has developed a habit of sitting in Quaker meeting with the Lord’s Prayer, that was ‘drilled into her’ at school, and how she has adapted it to provide meaning and guidance.

In the fourth part of the Exploring Quaker Experiences short podcast series on the theme of ‘Beyond Meditation…’, Liz Rees responds to questions about how meditation and Buddhist teaching compare to Quaker meeting and stillness.

Ruth Tod expands on her post on coming to stillness to share how a Quaker meeting is a learning experience where we find guidance and insight.

In the third part of the Exploring Quaker Experiences short podcast series on the theme of ‘Beyond Meditation…’, Liz Rees responds to questions about how what she experiences affects her life, how it relates to ministry and what she does when it doesn’t work.

In the second part of the Exploring Quaker Experiences short podcast series on the theme of ‘Beyond Meditation…’, Liz Rees expands on how she developed her toolkit and how it feels when she is able to let her thoughts pass.

Ruth Tod shares her experience of Quaker meeting and describes the approaches she uses to from daily life into the collective stillness.

In the first part of this Exploring Quaker Experiences series on the theme of ‘Beyond Meditation…’, Liz Rees shares how she first came to Quakers and how she developed a toolkit to help her find stillness in Quaker meeting.

Craig Barnett shares how the basis of the religious path is to return within to the inner guidance that is always available to us all.

Mike Price shares his experience of Quaker Meeting for Worship and how he finds spiritual experience in the silence, stillness and ministry.

Helen Drewery describes how a Quaker Meeting can feel like a safe harbour providing shelter from the storms of our daily lives – or is it the other way round?

Many Quakers use the term “centering down” to describe how they calm the mind in a Quaker meeting. The approach is different for each individual. Sharon L Shelley shares her process for finding stillness.

Geoffrey shares his early experiences of going to a Quaker Meeting. Adapted from his book Being a Quaker: a guide for newcomers.

It’s Sunday so you know what that means? Quaker meeting. Come through the door into the silence and sit with me. There is nothing to see but what is stirring in your soul. Relax, get comfortable...