John Butler - Finding Stillness in a Chaotic World (N322)

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Post-evangelical, Reconstruction, Liberation Theology, Religion & Spirituality, Christian Mysticism, Progressive Christianity, Faith Shift, Deconstruction, Evolving Faith, Religious Trauma Healing, Embodied Spirituality, Spiritual Direction, Mystical Christianity, Contemplative Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2024

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Drawing on his life as an organic farmer and over six decades of meditation, contemplative John Butler gently guides us on a journey towards inner stillness. Born in the 1930’s, John reflects on the slow emergence of a spirituality shaped by years...

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome back to Nomad podcast. I'm Tim Nash. I'm very happy to say, this is Nick Thorley.
0:41.6	Hello there. How are you, mate? Have you recovered from your latest ultramarathon attempt?
0:47.7	Oh, Tim. See what I did that? Yeah, very good. I got to 80 miles, Tim, and then I had to retire with trench foot.
0:54.0	Trenchfoot. I make a habit then I had to retire with trench foot.
0:54.6	Trenchfoot.
0:58.3	I make a habit of staying away from activities where trench foot is a possibility.
0:58.9	Yeah.
1:03.0	The only consolation is that it's good to have something like a name, isn't it?
1:08.7	Because I could say I kept going until 80 miles and then my feet just hurt and I couldn't carry on.
1:11.7	But when you say it's trench foot, that sounds quite dramatic. Yeah, if you just said my feet was sore and I stopped. Yeah. That's not cool.
1:15.8	They were very sore though. And their skin on my little toes sort of came apart.
1:21.0	Oh, sort of opened up. I'm doing it. So that I am feeling much better. In fact, probably by
1:26.3	Friday, Saturday morning I was feeling myself again.
1:30.1	Don't you think that's kind of nature's wife saying you shouldn't be doing this?
1:32.7	Well, or it's time to begin for another one.
1:36.9	I'm looking at doing a 24-hour round and athletics track on the 3rd of August.
1:43.3	They're the worst.
1:43.9	The third of August. That's the worst. The third of August.
1:45.4	That's the possible next adventure.
1:48.0	My little toys have nearly knit themselves back together.
1:50.6	Another few days off the running machine and then I'll be back on it.
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