Commusings: The Mind of Love by Marianne Williamson

Commune with Jeff Krasno

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🗓️ 22 December 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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This Christmas eve Commusings is an excerpt of Marianne Williamson's recent book, The Mystic Jesus: The Mind of Love. In it, she introduces Jesus not as a theological construct, but as a spiritual force relevant to all people, regardless of religion.

Commusings are thoughtful essays and short-form reflections on spirituality, philosophy, health, and culture. For more musings and quotes, connect with us on Instagram at @onecommune or @jeffkrasno or sign up for the Commusings newsletter at onecommune.com.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasno.
0:09.1	How many of you may receive my weekly Sunday commusing article, where I address breadth of issues from the spiritual to the physiological to the sociopolitical.
0:19.7	And sometimes I feature guest authors.
0:24.1	And on occasion, I will record an audio version of these articles
0:28.3	and release it here as a bonus episode.
0:30.9	Well, today we have a special treat.
0:33.3	We have Marianne Williamson reading, in her own words,
0:40.8	an excerpt from her new book, Mystic Jesus.
0:45.9	Okay, so what does it mean to have a mystical experience?
0:59.1	Well, it is the transformation from the feeling of being a separated, isolated self to the sensation of being completely interconnected with the universe.
1:11.6	Of this evolution in non-self awareness goes by many names, samadhi, moksha, unity consciousness, and Christ's consciousness, among others.
1:23.0	We get glimpses of this state of being in meditation, in prayer, and in altered states of consciousness, and ecstasy, sometimes incited by hallucinogens.
1:31.1	We often associate Abrahamic religions with the cultivation of faith to an external omniscient creator.
1:40.4	The mystical Christian traditions, however, stress an inward, contemplative, and experiential approach to spirituality.
1:47.6	New thought Christianity, as modeled in A Course in Miracles is a modern take on Gnostic and mystic Christianity. It views Jesus as a spiritual teacher and model for humanity's
1:56.2	capacity to realize their own divine potential. This is the mystic Jesus that my friend Marianne Williamson describes in her book of the same
2:06.5	title, and she's been generous to share an excerpt with us today.
2:11.7	This week we celebrate Jesus's putative birth, and whether you believe that he was an enlightened leader or God incarnate
2:20.7	or both, the themes he delivered from the amount of beatitudes are more applicable than ever.
2:27.7	Humility, forgiveness, and love of neighbor. So may we look inward and find these qualities in ourselves and walk in the footsteps of
2:38.1	the ascendant host. Okay, without further delay, I present through a painful ordeal.
3:02.5	It was a very rough period of my life.
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