Dialogue 2: What is Mystical Contemplation?

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This is the second dialogue that focuses on the mystic, Guigo II. In this episode, Jim and Kirsten discuss Session 2, which covered The Ladder of Monks. 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
0:04.1	to learn more visit caac.org
0:08.2	Greetings. I'm Jim Finley.
0:11.0	And I'm Kirsten Oates.
0:12.8	Welcome to Turning to the Mistakes.
0:22.8	Welcome everyone to season four of Turning to the Mistakes,
0:26.8	where we're turning to Guigo II and his book, The Ladder of Monks.
0:32.2	And in today's session, I'll be dialoguing with Jim about his second episode
0:38.1	where he turned to Guigo for guidance last week.
0:42.3	So Jim, welcome.
0:43.8	Oh, thank you. Yes. Glad to be back together again like this.
0:46.9	That episode. Wow. Beautiful.
0:49.3	Just so lovely.
0:50.8	Yeah, so beautiful.
0:52.6	Listen to it a number of times.
0:54.5	So I'm excited to have the dialogue.
0:56.4	I was going to begin by stepping back and just
1:00.0	seeing if I'm in the flow of Guigo, witnessing him doing two things.
1:06.1	One is he's talking about a method of prayer
1:10.5	that can open a person to God's presence.
1:13.0	But then he's also teaching us about trying to share the experience
1:18.4	of each piece of this method,
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