Bonus: The Life and Work of Teresa of Avila feat. Mirabai Starr

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Before we venture into the 6th and 7th mansions, we wanted to pause and air this bonus episode in which Jim, Kirsten, and special guest Mirabai Starr explore the life story of Teresa of Avila, and what it means for us today. Mirabai is a scholar, a translator, a teacher, and a bereavement counselor who has led many retreats—including several with Jim—and an award-winning author of multiple books, 3 of which focus on Teresa, and most recently Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics. You can learn more about her at www.mirabaistarr.com 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. Check out our online course on the Interior Castle, details are here. 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.
0:11.6	And I'm Kirsten Oates. Welcome to turning to the Mystics.
0:17.0	Welcome to Season 2 of Turning to the Mystics. Today we're doing something a little different.
0:30.0	Jim and I are here with Mirabai Star and she's going to join us for a dialogue about Theresa of
0:35.6	Avala.
0:37.1	Mirabai has translated the Interior Castle as well as Theresa of Avala, the Book of my life.
0:43.0	So she has a deep relationship and expertise around Theresa
0:47.0	and Jim and I are both excited about this discussion.
0:51.0	Before we get started, let me tell you a little bit about Mirabai.
0:55.0	Mirabai is an award-winning author of creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature. She taught philosophy and world religions at the
1:06.0	University of New Mexico Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks
1:10.6	internationally on a contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialogue.
1:16.0	Her latest book, Wild Mercy, Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics,
1:22.0	was named one of the 2020 Watkins list of the 100 most spiritually influential living people of the world.
1:35.9	She lives with her extended family in the mountains of Northern New Mexico.
1:41.0	And Mirabai has been a wonderful friend to the Center for Action and
1:44.4	Contemplation. She and Richard have a lovely friendship and she has joined us
1:49.8	for many conferences to lead practices and to speak and she actually joins Jim in our online
1:57.2	course on the Interior Castle. So welcome Mirabai, welcome Jim. We're looking forward to our conversation today.
2:04.4	Mirabai, before we get started, I thought it would be great if you could give us a little
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