Led by Spirit

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2015

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Alice Walker is a poet, essayist, and New York Times-bestselling author who has won both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. With Sounds True, Alice has released the audio program My Life As My Self, which vividly recounts her personal, professional, and spiritual journeys. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Alice and Tami Simon speak on what it means to step into the line of fire and receive criticism for what one believes. In this vein, Alice explains her role as an activist in locations such as Gaza and the Congo—and how standing up for one’s principles brings an ineffable lightness to the heart. Finally, Alice and Tami discuss stepping into the role of a societal elder and why it is imperative that we reconnect with the whole of the Earth. (55 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.0	At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio
0:08.0	learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.
0:14.3	At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves
0:17.2	as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,
0:20.2	offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:24.0	Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today my guest is Alice Walker. Winner of both the
0:45.8	Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award in 1983, Alice Walker is recognized as one of the
0:52.2	major writers of our time.
0:54.5	Her novels include The Third Life of Grange Copeland,
0:58.4	Meridian, The Temple of My Familiar,
1:01.5	and possessing the secret of joy. The color purple spent more than a year
1:07.0	on the New York Times Best Seller list and was made into a film directed by Stephen Spielberg.
1:12.0	An essayist poet poet, short story writer, and children's book
1:16.4	author, Alice Walker has taught at Wellesley, Brown, Sarah Lawrence, and Harvard, and
1:22.4	was an associate professor of English at Yale.
1:25.0	Which sounds true, Alice Walker is the author of the audio program,
1:30.0	My life as myself.
1:32.0	An intimate conversation that takes you into her private world and
1:37.3	summons the powerful spirits and events that have shaped her life.
1:42.0	In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Alice and I spoke about
1:46.1	her work as a writer-activist and how it has taken her to Gaza and the Congo and how in each situation she felt a light heart in being right
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