Dialogue 2: The Special Life

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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This is the second dialogue that focuses on the mystical text, The Cloud of Unknowing. In this episode, Jim and Kirsten discuss Session 2 where Jim talks about the second of four phases in The Cloud of Unknowing, the special life. 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 for this podcast can be found 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.
0:08.4	Greetings. I'm Jim Finley.
0:11.0	And I'm Kirsten Oates.
0:12.9	Welcome to Turning to the Mystics.
0:22.7	Welcome everyone to this second dialogue for Turning to the Mystics.
0:28.1	We're turning to the cloud of on-knowing that was written by an anonymous author.
0:35.9	I'm here with Jim and I will be reflecting on his second talk.
0:40.5	So welcome, Jim.
0:42.0	Yes, welcome to you.
0:43.4	In the last talk you were reflecting on chapter seven of the cloud and yet again,
0:49.9	just beautiful.
0:51.4	The words and the intonations just beautiful.
0:56.0	So just to begin, Jim, just wanting to ground us in what the cloud of on-knowing is about,
1:02.5	which is a, it's guiding us in a practice of contemplative prayer.
1:07.6	And I wanted to start with a phrase from your talk that really touched me.
1:12.7	So you spoke about the cloud helping us with this phase of our life where this way to pray finds
1:20.4	its meaning as a beautiful phrase.
1:23.6	And I just wondered what you meant by finding its meaning.
1:27.7	What's the meaning we experience?
1:30.1	I mean, put the whole thing in context.
1:33.6	Let's say when we're looking at this in earlier sessions on creation,
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