Dialogue 1: The Ascent of Mount Carmel

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

This is the first session that focuses on the mystic, St. John of the Cross. In the tenor of the ancient practice of Lectio Divina, James Finley begins with a passage from St. John's The Ascent of Mount Carmel, and reflects on the qualitative essence of the spirit of this text. Resources: Turning to the Mystics is a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation. To learn more about Jim, visit jamesfinley.org  For the transcript to this podcast, you can find it here. The book being used for this season can be found 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
0:04.2	to learn more, visit caac.org
0:08.3	Greetings. I'm Jim Finley.
0:11.1	Welcome to Turning to the Mystics.
0:23.0	Welcome everyone to Turning to the Mystics.
0:26.0	This is our first dialogue for the season.
0:29.9	And today Jim and I will be reflecting on his first meditation.
0:35.1	And Jim, I wanted to start by asking you, why did you choose that particular
0:40.4	piece of St. John's work to reflect on?
0:43.2	Yes. You know, this reflection, which is the
0:47.6	Sentiment Carmel Book 2 chapter 13, I chose it because
0:54.5	this is really where he begins giving us insights into ways we tend to pray
1:02.5	before the onset of the dark night.
1:05.5	So this is kind of a way to say the devout Christian or the sincere spiritual person.
1:12.5	My pray each day, you know, prior to the onset of the dark night.
1:16.5	And that's why I chose it because this helps us to, he also then shows
1:21.5	how the dark night begins to occur, which can be quite confusing at first in three
1:28.5	signs. And so it's a nice experiential introduction with how it occurs in prayer.
1:35.5	And then in subsequent sessions, we'll see how it spreads out into all of life.
1:39.5	It becomes an habitual underlying thing that affects all of life.
1:43.5	This finding a way to perfect union with God in a passage through a dark night,
1:49.5	which emerges with this infinite love, this union with the love of God.
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