Dialogue 6: The Spiritual Canticle

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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This is the sixth dialogue that focuses on the mystic, St. John of the Cross. In this episode, Jim and Kirsten discuss Session 7, which covered The Spiritual Canticle. Resources: Turning to the Mystics is a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation. To learn more about Jim, visit jamesfinley.org  The transcript for this episode 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.
0:08.3	Greetings. I'm Jim Finley.
0:11.0	And I'm Kirsten Oates.
0:12.8	Welcome to Turning to the Mistakes.
0:23.1	Welcome. We're here to talk about session seven, your session seven, Lixio.
0:29.5	Jim on the Mystic John of the Cross.
0:33.3	And thank you for being here.
0:36.8	Glad to be with you again. That's great.
0:39.9	So we thought we were in deep, but we're just we're just I was it's like a brain teaser
0:51.5	we're in right now, which is to say that we're trying to understand something that our finite
0:59.2	self can understand. Exactly. It's exactly right. We'll see how it goes.
1:05.5	I was going to suggest that we just have our infinite selves have this dialogue
1:10.8	and and then it would all become very clear. But I guess to the infinite self, yes.
1:16.8	That would just be silence for everyone listening.
1:19.2	You know, I think a way another way I mean in a way you're touching on something important
1:24.0	through this too, is that we're talking about a certain experiential oneness with God
1:33.0	in which there's an inner certainty regarding it in your heart.
1:37.6	And you can't explain it.
1:40.8	You can't explain it. As I trees available at the beginning of the fourth mansion,
1:47.8	that you realize you're in a realm where the time has come to love.
1:52.2	The trouble with third mansion people is that it has not yet it's entirely too reasonable.
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