Teresa of Avila: Session 5

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This is the fifth session that focuses on the mystic, Teresa of Avila. In the tenor of the ancient practice of Lectio Divina, James Finley begins with a passage from the sixth mansion of Teresa’s The Interior Castle, and reflects on the qualitative essence of the spirit of this text, and finishes with a meditative practice. Resources: Turning to the Mystics is a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation. To learn more about Jim, visit jamesfinley.org  For the transcript to this podcast, you can find it here. The book being used for this season can be found here. Check out our online course on the Interior Castle, details are here. Connect with us: We also produce other podcasts you might enjoy. To learn more about them and our other offerings, visit cac.org This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation.
0:04.4	To learn more, visit cac.org.
0:08.4	Greetings, I'm Jim Finley.
0:11.4	Welcome to Turning to the Mystics.
0:14.3	Geeings everyone. Greetings everyone.
0:24.0	everyone.
0:25.0	Welcome to our time here together.
0:28.0	Turning to for guidance to the Christian Mystic Saint-Cries of Avalon in a classic work the Interior Castle.
0:38.8	And we've come now to the point of this journey into our own soul into the seventh innermost mansion of this deep union with
0:50.8	God. We come to the point of the of the sixth mansion, which chapter
0:56.9	one she sets the tone for the whole thing and kind of singles out the essence of
1:02.0	the matter.
1:03.0	She writes,
1:05.0	Let us now with the help of the Holy Spirit
1:10.0	come to speak of the 6th of the mansions,
1:12.0	in which the soul has been wounded with
1:14.9	love for the spouse and seeks more opportunity of being alone trying as far as
1:20.7	possible to one in its state, to renounce everything which it can disturb it in
1:27.2	this its solitude.
1:30.5	That sight of him which it has had is so deeply impressed upon it that its whole desire is to enjoy it once more.
1:47.4	Nothing I must repeat is seen in this state of prayer which can be said to be really seen even by the imagination. I use the word sight because of the
1:58.2	comparison that I made. The soul is now completely determined to take no other spouse, but the spouse disregards its yearings
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Center for Action and Contemplation, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Center for Action and Contemplation and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.