Transmission Meditation (Share International)

Domain XIV · Western esoteric, divinatory & new spiritual movements · Benjamin Creme · 1974

What it is

Transmission Meditation is a group meditation introduced in 1974 by the Scottish painter and esotericist Benjamin Creme (born Glasgow 1922, died London 2016), founder of the movement now organised as Share International (the Share International Foundation and its magazine date from around…

Format

• Transmission Meditation is an ongoing, open-ended group practice, not a course with phases. The organisation describes no stages, levels, graduation or session count for participants. The structure below is (a) the session and group format as published, then (b) a phased structure for the…
• Group size: a group can start with three people; a "triangle" of three is described as much more potent than one or two, though one person or a pair can still transmit, and larger groups are said to form more triangles.

Evidence status, as the guide reports it

• Evidence status (one line). The transmission of energies by Masters, the effects on world affairs and the "spontaneous healing" mentioned by Share International are faith claims; no controlled studies of them are known.

Questions to explore with your client

• What drew you to it, and what are you hoping it will change?
• Is there physical contact? Was it explained beforehand, and do you feel free to say no or stop at any point?
• Does it involve any substance, plant preparation, remedy or supplement? Has your doctor or prescriber been told, especially about any medication you take?
• Does it involve intense or unusual breathing? Have you been told about the medical conditions for which that is not advised?
• Is it a group, retreat or community? How do they respond if someone wants to leave or raises a concern?
• Who runs it, and what training or registration do they hold?
• What actually happens in a session or meeting, and how often?
• What does it cost, and is there pressure to commit to more?
• How do you feel afterwards, in the hours and days that follow?
• Does it fit with, or clash with, the work we do here?

What practitioners of it watch for

• the client experiencing referral as dismissal; explain the reason in their terms.
• loyalty conflicts; the client fearing that therapy will make them "lose" their family.
• requests to plan coercive interventions; decline these and focus on relationship and safety.
• the client asking you to confirm or refute Maitreya; return to what the question means for them.
• daily commitments experienced as obligation or guilt; checking or ritualised repetition (see B3, OCD screening).

When to involve someone else

• New or worsening physical symptoms, or advice to stop or change prescribed medication: involve the client's doctor or prescriber.
• Signs of coercion, isolation from family and friends, escalating costs or secrecy: discuss openly and consider safeguarding.
• A crisis or thoughts of suicide: follow your crisis protocol. In the US, call or text 988; in the UK and Ireland, Samaritans on 116 123.

Drawn automatically from the guide's own sections. Stay curious: neither endorse nor dismiss what the client values, and check anything that matters against the full guide and its sources. Not medical advice.