Episode 1: Atmosphere

One Heart One Mind

Thomas McConkie

Meditation, Spirituality, Mindfulness, Contemplation, Psychology, Buddhism, Development, Thomasmcconkie, Religion & Spirituality

5 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this inaugural episode, Thomas McConkie introduces the lost jewel of contemplation in the Christian tradition. He shares a brief spiritual autobiography, invites the listener to come see for themselves, then dives right in with a wisdom bomb from Howard Thurman: on cultivating atmosphere and spiritual presence.

Upcoming workshop: Thomas will be in Salt Lake City May 15-17 to guide students through practices from his recent book, At-One-Ment. Scholarships and financial aid always available.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Episode 1 of One Heart, One Mind.
0:14.8	My name is Thomas Mconki and I will be your host.
0:19.9	Thank you right out of the gates, the Faith Matters, for the
0:23.9	invitation to create this podcast and share a topic, share a practice with you, share a way of being
0:33.7	with you that has been near and dear to me for over 25 years now.
0:40.3	I'm going to start by introducing myself a little bit, telling you what the show is about,
0:47.3	what the intention of the show is, and why I think it might interest you.
0:52.3	And then after 10 minutes or so on that, I'm going to introduce a teaching.
0:57.0	After the teaching, I'm going to invite you into a practice.
1:02.0	One of the unique qualities of the show, and I worked with this format in my previous show,
1:09.0	Mindfulness Plus, shout out to Mindfulness Plus listeners
1:11.9	who have migrated over to the new show. Thank you and welcome. One of the unique qualities of this
1:17.1	podcast is that I'm not just talking about ideas, but I'm engaging in transformative learning,
1:23.5	where, yes, I will introduce a concept, a new idea, a new perspective to take.
1:30.0	But then in the very same act, I will invite you to inhabit it, to like really experience it directly for yourself.
1:38.7	We'll be doing that in this show and every show.
1:42.0	So buckle up.
1:48.9	A little bit about me. Some of you know me quite well who are listening. Some of you are hearing me for the first time. So what I would say to just give you a very
1:57.3	brief spiritual autobiography is that I grew up in a Christian family, a group in a
2:05.2	Christian community. And I have some memories of this, but my mother assures me that I was a very
2:12.7	sensitive spiritual little child who loved Jesus. And I do remember this. I remember feeling my heart
2:22.7	burning in me when I sang about Jesus at church on Sundays. It was a real power for me,
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