What Do We Mean by "Mysticism"? With Mirabai Starr

Everything Belongs: Living the Teachings of Richard Rohr Forward

Center for Action and Contemplation

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Season 2 of Everything Belongs! This season, we'll be exploring Richard's book Eager to Love chapter-by-chapter, and what better way to kick off a brand new season than with our friend, Mirabai Starr. In this episode, we're covering Chapter One: "What Do We Mean by 'Mysticism'?" This episode explores the themes of mysticism, spirituality, and the sacredness of everyday life, examining the nature of mystical experiences, the importance of love, and how grief can lead to deeper spiritual understanding. Before we dive into the interview with Mirabai, Mike and Paul catch up with Richard at his hermitage to hear his reflections on the first chapter of Eager to Love. Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author of creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature. She taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialog. A certified bereavement counselor, Mirabai helps mourners harness the transformational power of loss. Her latest book, WILD MERCY: Living the Fierce & Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics, was named one of the “Best Books of 2019”. She lives with her extended family in the mountains of northern New Mexico. Hosted by CAC Staff: Mike Petrow and Paul Swanson Resources: A PDF of the transcript for this episode is available here. Grab a copy of Eager to Love here. Grab a copy of Mirabai's new book Ordinary Mysticism here. To learn more about Mirabai Starr and Wild Heart, visit her website here.

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation.
0:04.3	To learn more, visit cac.org.
0:07.6	Hey, everyone. Welcome back to another season of Everything Belongs, a podcast where we discuss
0:12.6	how to live the teachings of Richard Rohr Forward.
0:16.0	We're so excited this season we're going to be talking about Richard's classic book,
0:20.2	Eager to Love,
0:21.1	the alternative way of Francis of Assisi. My name is Mike Petro. I'm joined in the background by our
0:28.0	amazing producer, Corey Wayne, and of course, by my personal hero and favorite co-host, Paul
0:34.5	Swanson. Paul, how are you doing on this fine day? I'm doing well. It's a joy to be back
0:40.1	recording with you and Corey. Everything belongs. And this is such a great book. I love what Richard
0:47.9	lays out here and eager to love and grounds us in what's formed him. And this opportunity for
0:53.6	us to have these expansive conversations
0:55.7	with at Richard's Hermitage, with him and Opie, of course,
1:00.1	but also with other kind of illuminative minds
1:03.4	who have thought about this and chewed on it
1:06.1	and wrestled with it and lived it out in their own way.
1:08.9	So I'm thrilled to be back here doing this podcast.
1:12.9	And how are you feeling now that we're done with season one? We saw the ducks reach the
1:19.1	waters. How do you feel being back with this season? You know, this podcast is so much fun.
1:30.1	And for anyone who's tuning in for the first time,
1:37.2	the way this works is we take one of Richard's books. Each episode, we discuss a chapter. We get a chance to hang out with Richard and chat with him a little bit about that chapter. And then we hang out
1:41.2	with one of our favorite conversation partners who we think has a very
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