The Cloud of Unknowing: Session 1

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

This is the first session that focuses on the mystical text, The Cloud of Unknowing. In the tenor of the ancient practice of Lectio Divina, James Finley begins with a passage from The Cloud of Unknowing, 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 for this podcast can be found here. The book being used for this season can be found 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

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation to learn more
0:05.0	visit caac.org.
0:08.0	Greetings. I'm Jim Finley.
0:11.0	Welcome to Turning to the Mistakes.
0:22.0	Greetings, everyone.
0:25.0	And welcome to our time here together.
0:28.0	Turning for guidance to the teachings of the Christian mystic,
0:34.0	the anonymous author of the cloud of annoying.
0:38.0	In our first introductory session with Kirsten,
0:42.0	we saw how in the first chapter,
0:46.0	the author of the cloud kind of marks out the territory that would be exploring here
0:52.0	as four stages or four phases of living the Christian life.
0:58.0	Each of these phases is kind of the quality or the degree of our experience
1:05.0	and response to God's presence in our life.
1:08.0	So in the common way of life, our faith is seen as a source of moral guidance.
1:15.0	It's seen as a feeling of belonging to a community of people
1:21.0	or perhaps to one's own lineage or one's own heritage or one's own faith tradition.
1:27.0	Also a community do it to service to the world and so on.
1:33.0	And the special way of life is where God becomes personally real to you
1:40.0	or to follow Christ and all things becomes personal to you.
1:45.0	It's heartfelt this life of devotional sincerity.
1:50.0	And you seek to live it with your friends as you seek to gather with like-minded people
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