Bonus Session: The Dark Night

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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In this bonus episode, Jim concludes the section on The Dark Night by reflecting on it using two key passages from the text. Resources: Turning to the Mystics is a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation. To learn more about Jim, visit jamesfinley.org  The transcript for this episode can be found here. The book being used for this season can be found here. (Currently, there are issues with hyperlinks on Apple Podcasts since their recent update. If links aren't working, please visit our website at cac.org for the transcript. Thanks!) 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 to learn more
0:05.0	visit caac.org.
0:08.0	Greetings. I'm Jim Finley. Welcome to Turning to the Mystics.
0:22.0	Greetings, everyone. Welcome to our time here together.
0:27.0	Turning for guidance to the Christian Mystics and John of the Cross.
0:32.0	And we're in the midst of his book, The Dark Knight, which follows you sent him on
0:42.0	Carmel. And the last time we left off with each other, we were talking about The
0:48.0	Dark Knight as a poetic metaphor of how we experience God's love in the
0:54.0	transformative process of loving and being loved by each other, primarily focusing on
1:00.0	marital love, but pointing out how that same process is in parenting or teaching
1:07.0	students in a classroom or committed to the healing process or oneness with nature or
1:13.0	solitude, art, poetry. It's a continuous metaphor, the transformative power of
1:22.0	love leading us into every deeper love. And so same John of the Cross, I think assumes
1:28.0	all of that. He's always assuming that we're experiencing God's love for us in our
1:35.0	love for each other and daily life and sharing it. He's just assuming that.
1:40.0	But he's also assuming that we also have a personal relationship with God, not
1:45.0	experiencing God's love in each other, but experiencing God's love in the presence
1:50.0	of God in prayer. And furthermore, he's helping us to understand then, well, how is
1:57.0	the Dark Knight experience with God? But is how is it experienced in the presence of
2:03.0	the infinite love of God? And his concern is the point at which we're living the
2:11.0	Christian life, and there are daily quiet times of Lexiodevina meditation in prayer.
2:18.0	We go forth to share it with others and efficacious unto holiness. He's assuming
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