The Collected Talks of John Main make available to people today the unique and transforming power of his oral teaching. John Main teaches with an authority and urgency that carries the spoken word straight to the heart. The best form of a spiritual teaching has always been the spoken word. These talks were the first phase of what later became The World Community for Christian Meditation, the global contemplative family that continues to grow through the inspiration of his teaching. Each of the eight sets of the Collected Talks is also published as a book. The titles in the collection are: I Word into Silence II The Christian Mysteries: Prayer and Sacrament III Moment of Christ IV The Way of Unknowing V The Heart of Creation VI Word Made Flesh VII Door to Silence VIII In the Beginning