Matthew Fox

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

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🗓️ 10 August 2016

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This week we talk to Matthew Fox about The Four Paths to God Matthew Fox is an American priest and theologian. Formerly a member of the Dominican Order within the Roman Catholic Church, he became a member of the Episcopal Church following his expulsion from the order in 1993. Fox was an early and influential exponent of a movement that came to be known as Creation Spirituality. The movement draws inspiration from the mystical philosophies of such medieval Catholic visionaries as Hildegard of Bingen, Thomas Aquinas, Saint Francis of Assisi, Julian of Norwich, and Meister Eckhart as well as the wisdom traditions of Christian scriptures. Creation Spirituality is also strongly aligned with ecological and environmental movements of the late 20th century and embraces numerous spiritual traditions around the world. Fox has written 30 books that have sold millions of copies. His latest book is called A Way to God: Thomas Merton's Creation Spirituality Journey In This Interview, Matthew Fox and I Discuss... The One You Feed parable Feeding "the love of life" vs the "love of death" How fear can drive compassion out Embracing the difficult Silence and solitude Balancing engaging with the world vs retreating from it Battling our narcissistic tendencies Learning to let go and let be Developing a "portable solitude" that we can take with us His Four Paths to God- Via Positiva, Via Negativa, Via Creativa, Via Transformativa Creativity as a path towards God Getting "off the cushion" and into the world Via Positiva Awe and astonishment as a path to deeper spirituality Nature as part of the Via Positiva Via Negativa Facing suffering and grieving as part of the Via Negativa Via Transformativa Keeping our attention on being compassionate The "glittering Niagra of Trivia" that is our culture and media Thomas Merton's transition to mysticism Was Thomas Merton assassinated by our government? Technology as the main problem of our time How technology will not redeem us Being expelled from the Dominican Order Supporting homosexuality A grandfather is talking with his grandson and he says there are two wolves inside of us which are always at war with each other. One of them is a good wolf which represents things like kindness, bravery and love. The other is a bad wolf, which represents things like greed, hatred and fear. The grandson stops and thinks about it for a second then he looks up at his grandfather and says, “Grandfather, which one wins?” The grandfather quietly replies, the one you feed The Tale of Two Wolves is often attributed to the Cherokee indians but there seems to be no real proof of this. It has also been attributed to evangelical preacher Billy Graham and Irish Playwright George Bernard Shaw. It appears no one knows for sure but this does not diminish the power of the parable. This parable goes by many names including: The Tale of Two Wolves The Parable of the Two Wolves Two Wolves Which Wolf Do You Feed Which Wolf are You Feeding Which Wolf Will You Feed It also often features different animals, mainly two dogs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I've tried to get humans to purify our presence on the planet and to be more grateful,
0:06.6	more reverent and therefore more struck by awe, more vulnerable to beauty.
0:19.6	Welcome to the One You Feed. Through our time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of
0:24.7	the thoughts we have, quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true,
0:31.7	and yet for many of us our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward negativity,
0:37.7	self-pity, jealousy or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that
0:44.4	hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter. It takes
0:51.0	conscious, consistent and creative effort to make a life worth living. This podcast is about how
0:56.8	other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf.
1:13.8	Hi, it's Alvastar in on my new podcast, Thinking Out Loud with Alvastar in. I'll be bringing you
1:19.4	candid and maybe sometimes a little crazy interviews with people from all walks of life. We'll touch on
1:24.2	subjects that you just can't talk about on the radio, like life, love, success, failure, whatever
1:28.9	else comes to mind, but all jacked up because after being in this business for as long as I have,
1:33.7	I want to get to the bottom of what makes people tick. Listen to my new podcast, Thinking Out Loud
1:39.2	on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:44.4	Thanks for joining us. Our guest on this episode is Matthew Fox, an American priest and
1:51.5	theologian. Formerly a member of the Dominican Order within the Roman Catholic Church, he became a
1:57.3	member of the Episcopal Church following his expulsion from the Order in 1993. Fox was an early
2:03.2	and influential exponent of the movement that came to be known as creation spirituality. The movement
2:08.8	draws inspiration from Christian mystics as well as the wisdom traditions of Christian scriptures.
2:14.0	Creation spirituality is also strongly aligned with ecological and environmental movements of
2:19.2	the late 20th century and embraces numerous spiritual traditions around the world. Fox has written
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