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FROM THE HEART
    One of the great things about Cathedrals is that they are open all day and
    staffed. At Truro we are determined not to charge entry precisely
    because if we were to do so an important and significant dimension of
    mission would wither.

    Cathedrals respond to a desire for anonymity and the search for the
    ‘numinous’.

    Set in the heart of the city of Truro our Cathedral reminds those who mill
    around inside and out of the rumour of God and allows for spiritual
    engagement without the trappings of religion. It is a public place where
    people devoid of ‘membership’ or contact with any other institution can
    focus and express their personal joys and sorrows. They write prayers,
    light candles and savour formal and informal worship as if they were
    overhearing a conversation in passing.

    Every Thursday lunchtime (12. 10 pm to 1. 00 pm) throughout the year
    visitors to the Cathedral are invited by public address to join the
    Meditation Group which meets in a chapel on the South side of the Retro-
    Quire. Most do not but the presence of the group is nevertheless
    something of a visitor attraction. Our circle of chairs around a central
    candle is behind the open doors of a screen but nevertheless visible to
    all who walk East down the South Aisle on the ‘Visitor Route’. There are
    always a few empty chairs and we are delighted when one or two are
    occasionally and very quietly occupied by curious visitors or holidaying
    meditators who ‘happen’ upon us. Curiosity also attracts a significant
    number to loiter and listen to the Meditatio talks while reading the ‘How
    to Meditate’ instructions posted nearby.

    Being on public view has proved to be of no consequence to the quality of
    our time together and our motionless presence actually seems to have
    an effect on the general noise level within the building. The most
    satisfying moment was when a verger told a visitor that what she
    thought was a sculpture was in fact the Meditation Group. ‘I have never
    seen human beings so still for so long’ she said.




    Peter Walker
    Canon Pastor at Truro Cathedral, UK
    October 2006