Process | Alternative Orthodoxy (Theme 6)

Another Name For Every Thing with Richard Rohr

Center for Action and Contemplation

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Richard Rohr, in conversation with Brie Stoner and Paul Swanson, continues the journey through the 7 Themes of the Alternative Orthodoxy. The sixth theme of the Alternative Orthodoxy introduces us to our primary teachers: The path of descent is the path of transformation. Darkness, failure, relapse, death, and woundedness are our primary teachers, rather than ideas or doctrines. This theme can be heavy to hold in ourselves and bearing witness to the experience of others. Join us as we share personal stories on the path of descent, appreciate the gifts of vulnerability and forgiveness, hold our mortality with a loving gaze, and work towards detaching from the storylines that dictate or bind our growth. The transcript for this episode can be found here. Visit cac.org/podcast to listen to the first 3 seasons of Another Name for Every Thing Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard’s book, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation to learn more visit caac.org
0:10.6	On today's episode we talk about the sixth theme of the alternative orthodoxy,
0:15.0	which is the path of descent is the path of transformation.
0:18.5	Darkness, failure, relapse, death, and woodedness are our primary teachers
0:23.6	rather than ideas or doctrines.
0:26.4	And this theme really helps because it builds off the previous one as we've kind of seen that
0:30.8	continue to unfold as we've been discussing these.
0:34.0	How does this theme land for you, Bre? When you think of the path of descent?
0:38.1	I really wish this one wasn't true.
0:41.0	But it's interesting because I think about the fact that heartbreak and creativity,
0:45.7	I know it's almost cliche, but heartbreak and creativity go together,
0:50.0	that it makes sense then to me that failure, relapse, death,
0:54.6	woundedness, mistakes are our primary teachers of transformation.
0:59.1	They go together. There's something about the breaking down and breaking open
1:04.6	that allows us to see differently and connect to each other differently.
1:09.9	Yeah, I love the way that powerlessness was brought into this conversation
1:14.0	as it's in those vulnerable states that were not only able to be more connected to ourselves
1:20.0	and to God, but to one another and really see that we are all in this together.
1:24.7	Richard models this so well because he lives out of that radical vulnerability and humility.
1:33.0	I mean, how many times have we sat here in the recordings and he just openly admits to like,
1:37.6	yeah, I'm really terrible at this or I do this thing or I'm so proud and I,
1:42.1	you know, I'm still doing this at my age.
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