Bonus: Richard Rohr & James Finley on Turning to the Mystics

Another Name For Every Thing with Richard Rohr

Center for Action and Contemplation

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

In this bonus episode, Living School Faculty James (Jim) Finley and Kirsten Oates join Richard Rohr and Paul Swanson (Brie sadly wasn't there!) in conversation about the contemplative journey, what it was like to be guided by Thomas Merton, Jim's trauma work, and their new podcast with the CAC, Turning to the Mystics. The transcript for this episode can be found here. Visit cac.org/podcasts to listen to Another Name for Every Thing or Turning to the Mystics Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard’s book, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe We'd love to hear your thoughts, comments or feedback. To do so, email us at [email protected] 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	We believe that CAC's programs, including this podcast,
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0:48.6	One of the most memorable experiences that I've had from the living school and from the Center for
0:53.2	Action and Contemplation is getting to sit at the feet of the masterful James Finley.
1:00.2	He has this energy if you've never heard him speak or seen him in person or seen a video of him speaking.
1:07.6	He's basically like the Gandalf of Christian contemplation, and he'll start speaking.
1:13.4	And his words are like Gandalf's pipe smoke, where it just kind of leaves circles around you.
1:19.0	Next thing you know, you're like in this trance and you don't even know why you're just weeping.
1:23.2	You're weeping and you feel like you're sitting with God and God sitting with you.
1:26.8	And there's like this unitive oceanic oneness of the oneness of oceanic oneness of all oneness of all time.
1:34.1	You know what I'm saying? Exactly. He brings you to a whole new plane.
1:37.2	You know, I first met Jim when I was an intern at the Center for Action and Contemplation 12 years ago.
1:42.8	Are you stopped bragging about that?
1:50.8	I'm going to try. I'm going to try to stop bragging about it. But anyway, to get back to my story.
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