Dialogue 3: Chapter 5

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 10 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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This is the third dialogue that focuses on the mystic, Julian of Norwich. In this episode, Jim and Kirsten discuss Session 3 where Jim gave a talk about Chapter 5 from The Showings. 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.
0:13.0	Welcome to Turning to the Mystics.
0:23.0	Welcome everyone to season six of Turning to the Mystics,
0:27.2	where we've been turning to the Mystic Julian of Norwich.
0:30.9	And I'm here with Jim to record our final dialogue for season six.
0:35.5	Welcome Jim.
0:36.6	Yes. Yes, good to be back to Julian again, yeah.
0:40.7	Wonderful. Well, my first question is around the chapter you chose.
0:45.2	The first two reflections were on chapter 10 in the long text.
0:49.9	And for this final reflection you chose chapter five.
0:53.1	And I'm just wondering what was it about that chapter?
0:56.6	Yes, I chose it because it's an example of how all these mystics really understood
1:05.3	creation as an ongoing act of God, in which God is present,
1:11.5	intimately present, in each passing moment of our life and our breath,
1:15.6	the darkness of the night, stones and trees and stars, the smell of flowers,
1:21.9	and that it's our astrangement from that.
1:25.2	It causes our fear and our confusion.
1:28.0	And as through love we can be restored to God's mysterious oneness with us in life itself,
1:35.3	as a consoling and contemplative way to live in the world.
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