Cynthia Bourgealt: Encountering the Wisdom Jesus

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2011

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Tami Simon speaks with Cynthia Bourgeault, an Episcopal priest, author, and teacher of prayer in the contemplative Christian tradition. She is the principle teacher and advisor to the Contemplative Society and the founding director of the Aspen Wisdom School. Cynthia is the author of The Wisdom Way of Knowing: Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, and with Sounds True she has created the audio learning course Encountering the Wisdom Jesus and the audio program Singing the Psalms. In this episode, Tami and Cynthia speak about "kenosis," or self-emptying, as the center point of Jesus' message, how we can understand Jesus' life as a sacrament, and how love lives on beyond death. (53 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.3	For those seeking genuine transformation,
0:06.9	sounds true.com is your trusted partner on the spiritual journey
0:11.7	offering diverse in-depth and life-changing wisdom.
0:16.8	Many Voices, one journey.
0:19.5	Sounds True.com. You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
0:29.7	You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
0:31.8	Today my guest is Reverend Cynthia Borjo.
0:34.0	Cynthia is the principal teacher and advisor to the
0:37.4	Contemplative Society and a founding director of the Aspen Wisdom
0:41.4	School. She is an Episcopal priest, a teacher of prayer,
0:46.0	and a retreat and conference leader.
0:48.0	She passionately promotes the practice of centering prayer
0:52.0	and has worked closely with Father Thomas Keating, Bruno Barnhart,
0:57.0	Richard Rohr, as well as many other contemplative teachers and masters within Christianity and other spiritual traditions.
1:05.0	Cynthia is the author of the wisdom way of knowing,
1:08.0	centering prayer and inner awakening,
1:11.0	and with sounds true, a Sixth Session learning series on
1:16.0	encountering the Wisdom Jesus, as well as an audio program on singing the
1:21.5	Psalms, How to Ch to chant in the contemplative Christian tradition.
1:26.0	In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Cynthia and I spoke about
1:30.0	kenosis or self-emptying as the center point of Jesus message, how we can
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