Mirabai Starr: Wild Mercy

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Mirabai Starr is a writer and modern mystic whose books include God of Love and Caravan of No Despair. Most recently, she has published Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics with Sounds True. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Mirabai about her approach to feminine mysticism and what brought her to write Wild Mercy. Mirabai explains women mystics' emphasis on interbeing as well as the innate connection between spiritual seeking and the fate of the earth. Tami and Mirabai talk about the potential forms that spiritual communities may take in the future and how we can navigate the death throes of patriarchal religious structures. Finally, they discuss the reunion of masculine and feminine perspectives, as well as why loss opens us to immense compassion. (60 minutes)

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0:00.0	Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by Sounds True.
0:04.0	My name is Tammy Simon. I'm the founder of Sounds True.
0:08.0	And I'd love to take a moment to introduce you to the new Sounds True Foundation.
0:12.0	The Sounds True Foundation is dedicated to creating a wiser and kinder world by making transformational education widely available. We want everyone to have access to
0:26.8	transformational tools such as mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-compassion, regardless of financial, social, or physical challenges.
0:39.3	The Sounds True Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to providing these transformational tools to
0:46.0	communities in need including at-risk youth, prisoners, veterans, and those in
0:52.3	developing countries.
0:54.0	If you'd like to learn more or feel inspired to become a supporter,
0:58.4	please visit sounds true foundation.org. You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
1:07.0	Today my guest is Mirabai Star.
1:13.0	Mirabai taught philosophy and world religions at the University of New Mexico Taos for 20 years
1:20.0	and is a certified bereavement counselor helping mourners harness the
1:27.2	transformational power of loss. With sounds true, Mirabai wrote a beautiful memoir about the loss of her own 14-year-old daughter,
1:37.0	called Caravan of No Despair.
1:42.0	Mirabai has also received critical acclaim for her revolutionary new
1:47.6	translations of the Mystics, John of the Cross, Teresa of Avalonala, and Julian of Norwich. Her latest book is called
1:58.0	Wild Mercy, living the fierce and tender wisdom of the women mystics.
2:05.0	Mirabai Starr herself is a contemporary mystic and writer.
2:11.0	She throws her heart fully and with raw vulnerability and passion onto the page
2:20.1	in service of helping, of lifting, comforting, bringing wild mercy to others.
2:26.0	It's my great joy to have this conversation with Mira Bay Star. It's my great joy and delight to be here with my friend Mirabai Star, someone it's a great honor to call a friend, and the author of this new book, Wild Mercy, Living the and tender wisdom of the women mystics.
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