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<title>This is Sacred Ground is a contemplative spirituality space in and around Gloucestershire</title>
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<p class="font_8" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica-w01-roman,helvetica-w02-roman,helvetica-lt-w10-roman,sans-serif;">This Sacred Ground (TSG) is an informal community of people who have felt a sense of calling to the &lsquo;interior&rsquo; Christian spiritual path. We are inspired by the desert movement of early Christianity and the Christian mystics who have trodden this ancient pathway through the ages.</span></span></p>
<p class="font_8" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica-w01-roman,helvetica-w02-roman,helvetica-lt-w10-roman,sans-serif;">The call to this pathway is experienced as an inner longing, a flame that is ever burning just, though barely, below the surface of consciousness. It&rsquo;s only desire is nothing less than the direct experience of God in the soul. This is the mystic quest! Ever since Christ himself declared that &lsquo;I and the Father are one&rsquo;, or Paul declared &lsquo;It is not I who live but Christ who lives in me&rsquo;, the impulse towards the non dual awareness of the presence of God has compelled seekers in every generation.</span></span></p>
<p class="font_8" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica-w01-roman,helvetica-w02-roman,helvetica-lt-w10-roman,sans-serif;">From this place the &lsquo;still, small, voice&rsquo; calls us to a contemplative activism that is summed up beautifully in the book of Micah 6; &rsquo;...to do justice, to love kindness and to walk humbly with God&rsquo;.</span></span></p>
<p class="font_8" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica-w01-roman,helvetica-w02-roman,helvetica-lt-w10-roman,sans-serif;">This website is intended as a resource for all who feel the yearning of the contemplative call.</span></span></p>
<p class="font_8" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica-w01-roman,helvetica-w02-roman,helvetica-lt-w10-roman,sans-serif;">Here you will find news and information on events, workshops, quiet days and retreats; with regular updates on our online meditation groups and various classes.</span></span></p>
<p class="font_8" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica-w01-roman,helvetica-w02-roman,helvetica-lt-w10-roman,sans-serif;">In the book section you will find recommendations for all levels; from those just starting out on this journey to the seasoned travellers who are looking to expand their reading. Our community has a reading group which reviews the books we recommend, if you are interested in joining the book group then please get in touch through the contact page.</span></span></p>
<p class="font_8" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica-w01-roman,helvetica-w02-roman,helvetica-lt-w10-roman,sans-serif;">The blog page offers posts on everything from contemplative reflections to environmental action so it is worth using the categories if you want to focus your reading of the blog.</span></span></p>
<p class="font_8" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica-w01-roman,helvetica-w02-roman,helvetica-lt-w10-roman,sans-serif;">Whilst not everyone using the resources of this site will necessarily want to become a part of the community the option is available to all who wish to explore contemplative call within a group context. We meet on a weekly basis, please get in touch through the contact page for more information.</span></span></p>
<p class="font_8" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica-w01-roman,helvetica-w02-roman,helvetica-lt-w10-roman,sans-serif;">Otherwise feel free to browse,&nbsp; explore, comment, ask questions, offer insights or just be in touch. We will typically reply within 24 hours.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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<p class="font_8" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica-w01-roman,helvetica-w02-roman,helvetica-lt-w10-roman,sans-serif;"><a href="https://lavishwisdom.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lavish Wisdom</a></span></span></p>
<p class="font_8" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica-w01-roman,helvetica-w02-roman,helvetica-lt-w10-roman,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/revjayne/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram Page</a></span></span></p>
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