Bonus: Grounding Meditation for the Election

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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In this bonus episode of Turning to the Mystics, Jim Finley and Kirsten Oates offer a 10-minute grounding meditation to help nourish us in times of strife and stress, as many are feeling today and all these long pandemic days. Please listen and join us in quiet meditation (with the occasional sounds of construction in Jim’s backyard.) Resources: Turning to the Mystics is a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation. To learn more about Jim, visit jamesfinley.org  Connect with us: We also produce other podcasts you might enjoy. To learn more about them and our other offerings, visit cac.org This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation.
0:04.4	To learn more, visit cacac.org.
0:08.9	Greetings, I'm Jim Finley.
0:11.8	And I'm Kirsten Oates. Welcome to turning to the Mystics.
0:17.0	Welcome to a bonus episode of Turning to the Mystics, recorded on the 2nd of November 2020.
0:30.0	Our wonderful producer Corey had the idea that it might be a good time to bring our
0:36.4	contemplative community together to sit in prayer and meditation to help ground
0:42.0	us in the world as we approach the upcoming election.
0:47.0	So Jim, thank you for being here and you're planning to lead us in a 10 minute sit, but as people feel called or able,
0:56.6	you can extend the time of your practice.
0:59.8	So thank you so much, Jim.
1:01.3	I'll hand over to you.
1:02.4	Yes, thank you. Yes, when you approached me I
1:06.0	thought it was a great idea. It's great timing. And my sense of this is that all of us who are nourished by these teachings of the
1:16.3	mystics in a very real way we all belong to a contemplative community with each other.
1:23.0	And so in the midst here in the United States,
1:28.0	with the election coming up,
1:30.0	with far-reaching implications in terms of the tone of the country in its direction,
1:36.2	combined with the pandemic, and knowing that those of you in other countries, too, where there's the
1:41.4	pandemic, not to mention what other sources of strife and
1:45.1	stress might be going on and in your our homes and so on that to be true to the
1:50.8	teachings of the mystics we keep returning again and again to sink the taproot of our
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