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Some time ago, we gave a talk on Mary of Magdalena, who I argued was the śakti (power) of Christ in the same way that Rādhā is for Krishna, Sīta is for Rāma and Sārada Mā is for Sri Ramakrishna. This argues for a "dual-aspect" to the avatāra (divine incarnation) as being both Shiva (Consciousness) and Shakti (Energy) embodied. This is of course one lecture in a series of talks on Mary. We did one where we compared Mā Kālī to Mā Mary and we did one called Mary Magdalena, the Śakti of Christ also this would perhaps be the third in the series!In this video, we look at all the references to Mary in the Gospel and work out a few Tantrik ideas based on them. We also draw from Bourgeault's wonderful work "The Meaning of Mary Magdalena" which I highly recommend for all. The emphasis in this talk is on articulating a different approach to spirituality that one might consider "feminine" in a sense as opposed to the more mainstream from of spirituality which I am choosing to label as "masculine" in this video. Of course, these gendered labels should be held as lightly as possible: they are not to be taken as hard and fast categories since that would (a) be manifestly against the thesis of this video that argues for a softer approach and (b) be against the idea of God as including the entire spectrum of sex and gender and yet transcending all such categories! In any case, I figure this comparative might validate many and allow for a more spacious, embodied approach to spirituality that resonates with the ideals of this age. Naturally, I argue that the life and teaching Sri Ramakrishna are the best examples for this mode of spirituality and so I draw a lot from Swami Bhajanananda Puri's reflections on Sri Ramakrishna's unique brand of spirituality (which I'm calling "feminine) from the book "Light of the Modern World", which I also could never recommend more highly! Anyway, for whatever reason I've just been sitting on this video. I have been waiting for an auspicious day to upload it. Somehow or rather, the Feast of Mary Magdelana came and went this year and I was unable to upload this then as I had originally intended. However, today we are celebrating the feast day for a very important Marian apparition that occurred on the site of a former Tonantzin temple: The Lady of Guadalupe!I figured today was as good a day as any!"¿No estoy yo aquí que soy tu madre?" "Am I not here, I who am your Mother?"Jai Mā! Guadalupe Devi Ki Jai!For more detailed instructions for how to perform Kālī pūjā, watch this playlist: https://www.patreon.com/collection/233799Lectures happen live every Monday at 7pm PST and Friday 10am PST and again Friday at 6pm PST.Use this link and I will see you there:https://www.zoom.us/j/7028380815For more videos, guided meditations and instruction and for access to our lecture library, visit me at:https://www.patreon.com/yogawithnishTo get in on the discussion and access various spiritual materials, join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/U8zKP8yMrMSupport the show

Dans ce podcast, notre invitée est Gaëlle Bourgeault, lauréate du Trophées des Français de l'étranger en 2023 et co-fondatrice de C’est quoi la France ? Elle nous fait découvrir cette plateforme de ressources ludo-éducatives qui aide les jeunes francophones de l’étranger à rester connectés à la langue et la culture françaises ! Avec Aline Bavister ... Read more

Réalisé par Xavie Jean-Bourgeault et produit par Guillaume Tremblay, le film documentaire "Va vers toi" résonne comme un divin appel à quiconque le discerne en soi-même. Rencontre avec ce couple québécois qui a commencé ce voyage intérieur…

Join Randy and Chris every month as they delve into the dynamic world of mortgages. They'll cover everything from the latest trends and developments in the industry, to insights on new financial products. Plus, get valuable underwriting tips, engage with special guest interviews featuring industry leaders, and a whole lot more. Here's what they got lined up in this month's episode: - Interest Rate Update - Renovation Loans - Weather Related Escrow Holdbacks - Lending Tips for our Realtor Friends - Leo Bourgeault of Coldwell Banker Realty Randy Forcier Loan Officer NMLS 322749 Norcom Mortgage 9 Beach St, 2nd Floor Saco, ME 04072 207-590-0337 randy.forcier@norcom-usa.com Apply Here: randyforcier.norcommortgage.com Chris Bedard Loan Officer NMLS 323290 Norcom Mortgage 9 Beach St, 2nd Floor Saco, ME 04072 207-229-4731 chris.bedard@norcom-usa.com Apply Here: chrisbedard.norcommortgage.com Contact us with any loan questions, comments or ideas for future episodes. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/paulo-kalazzi/heros-timeLicense code: F5VL7ZZ7KQITOFBH --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therandyforcierpodcast/support

Telehealth expanded significantly during COVID and it is here to stay. With dermatology being such a visual field it can lend itself to telehealth easily. I have partnered with DermaGo and today I sat down with the founder, Dr. Emilie Bourgeault, to discuss the development of their premier telehealth platform DermaGo.ca This episode will also be available as a podcast on the "Between Two Derms" podcast feed. DermaGo is currently available only in Canada, but will soon be launching in the US. To learn more visit www.dermago.ca https://www.instagram.com/dermagoo.ca Dr. Bourgeault Instagram

Do you have a tattoo? would you get one? Ryan shares the story of his latest tattoo he got last weekend.  Russia's Victory Day parade was a dud, but that doesn't mean the war is slowing down. Dr. Hanna Shelest, Ukrainian foreign policy expert,  updates us on the conflict as the Russians ramp up missile strikes on Odesa, Ukraine. Canada's health care workers are burnt out, and they need help.  Dr. Ivy Lynn Bourgeault from the University of Ottawa helps us understand why our healthcare workers' mental health has never been lower, what they need to succeed, and why a lack of data has set our healthcare system back.  HEY, DO YOU LIKE PODCASTS? Why not subscribe to ours? find it on Apple, Google, Spotify & Curiouscast.ca    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Émilie Bourgeault de la medtech Oro Santé passe au micro du podcast Ca$hMire cette semaine. Elle vient nous parler de son entreprise qui vient de lever plus de 3 millions $ pour accélérer son développement sur le Web.

Émilie Bourgeault de la medtech Oro Santé passe au micro du podcast Ca$hMire cette semaine. Elle vient nous parler de son entreprise qui vient de lever plus de 3 millions $ pour accélérer son développement sur le Web.

Dans ce nouvel épisode du podcast Ca$hMire du 20 août 2021, Pierre Couture jase d'économie, de finances personnelles, de consommation et d'entrepreneuriat. On parle de : - Des élections sur la carte de crédit - Vers un autre confinement cet automne ? - Bientôt le salaire minimum à 18 $ de l'heure - Des marchés boursiers fatigués - Des titres de dividendes à surveiller - Des détaillants qui épatent la galerie - Investir dans le cannabis ? Entrevues - Émilie Bourgeault de la medtech Oro Santé qui vient de lever 3 millions $ - Isabelle Lechasseur qui nous parle de la croissance de ses entreprises Harfang Santé et Infirmia Bonne écoute !

Jordon Bourgeault has been designing and airbrushing helmets and masks for beer league hockey goalies and more prominent athlete such as Olympic skeleton riders. Some time last year Jordon got a message from non other than Carey Price telling Jordon he (Carey) had seen one of Jordon's creations and was interested in getting a similar one done. One thing led to the other and the mask Carey Price is wearing during the 2021 season was designed and airbrushed by today's guest, Jordan Bourgeault

La cofondatrice de la clinique en ligne DermaGo, Émilie Bourgeault, passe au micro de Ca$hMire cette semaine. Elle vient nous parler de la croissance de son entreprise et du secteur de la dermatologie. DermaGo a vu le nombre de consultations exploser de 500 % depuis un an. Et si le système de santé publique s’inspirait de DermaGo ?

La cofondatrice de la clinique en ligne DermaGo, Émilie Bourgeault, passe au micro de Ca$hMire cette semaine. Elle vient nous parler de la croissance de son entreprise et du secteur de la dermatologie. DermaGo a vu le nombre de consultations exploser de 500 % depuis un an. Et si le système de santé publique s’inspirait de DermaGo ?

Dans ce nouvel épisode du podcast Ca$hMire du 18 décembre 2020, Pierre Couture jase d'économie, de finances personnelles, de consommation et d’entrepreneuriat. On parle de : - L’événement de l’année en économie - Doit-on abolir le Fonds des générations ? - Les centres commerciaux auront la vie dure en 2021 - Facebook déclare la guerre à Apple - Après le 9 à 5, place au 3-2-2 ? - Un «Boxing Day» unique cette année - Que feront les marchés boursiers en 2021 ? - Que nous réserve le secteur immobilier en 2021 ? Entrevues - Émilie Bourgeault de DermaGo - L’ex-dragonne Danièle Henkel de DanieleHenkel.com Bonne écoute !

Talented Canadian artist Jordan Bourgeault chats about his career. www.jboairbrush.com, www.anygivenrunway.com

Modern-day mystic, Episcopal priest, and scholar Cynthia Bourgeault joins Terry to explore what it is to live and imagine from the “eye of the heart” in a seemingly apocalyptic world. They reflect on how each of them is relating to death and also discovering new strength and guidance by keeping the company of saints, sages, and our courageous ancestors — one of the most important spiritual fruits of awakening into the “imaginal realm.” Cynthia suggests we aspire to “live the laws of the next world”, like those who began building great cathedrals they knew they wouldn’t live to see completed.  Cynthia Bourgeault has been a way-shower for many thousands of people around the world, sharing the riches of Christian, Sufi, and Gurdjieffian contemplative practices, as well as serving as a fierce constructive critic. She is a long-time teacher of the meditative practice of Centering Prayer, having worked closely with Thomas Keating, Bruno Barnhart, and Richard Rohr, and many other contemplative teachers and leaders, as well as a core faculty member of the Center for Action & Contemplation. She is also a member of the Global Peace Initiative for Women Contemplative Council and a founding Director of both The Contemplative Society and the Aspen Wisdom School. Cynthia is the author of many books including The Heart of Centering Prayer, The Wisdom Jesus, The Wisdom Way of Knowing, and Love is Stronger than Death. Her newest book, Eye of the Heart, is a spiritual journey into the “Imaginal Realm” — an energetic realm well known to the mystical traditions and associated with the world of dreams, prophecy, and a higher vision of our human purpose that is both evolutionary and collective.  Here are some additional questions they explore: Can we become so intimate with our inevitable death, that we become impartial, courageous, and more profoundly alive? How can we “keep the good company” of the great contemplatives and our now-deceased mentors during times of darkness? How can we “live the laws of the next world” and become the “strange attractors” of wisdom to which others can gravitate? What is the imaginal realm according to Christian mysticism? How might we learn to see with “the eye of the heart”? For more information on Cynthia Bourgeault and Terry Patten, check out the following resources: Cynthia’s New Book – Eye of the Heart: A Spiritual Journey Into the Imaginal Realm Cynthia Bourgeault’s Website Center for Action and Contemplation The Contemplative Society Wisdom Way of Knowing Northeast Wisdom Terry Patten's website A New Republic of the Heart website I hope you appreciate this week’s episode with Cynthia Bourgeault on State of Emergence. If you believe these conversations are important and want to support them, please join us as a monthly contributor and become part of our community of listeners. Thank you so much!

“Each of us, in our own infinite precious particularity, will be led to what’s to be done next in our own time and space,” says Cynthia Bourgeault. The modern-day mystic and Episcopal priest is the author of several brilliant books, including Eye of the Heart: A Spiritual Journey into the Imaginal Realm. Today, she joins us to discuss a question that comes forth for many of us at some point: Are we all just irrelevant specs? Does our life actually have meaning? According to Bourgeault, while humans are not the center of everything, our actions have profound influence on the well-being of the planet (and a system that extends beyond it). She says that a lack of consciousness has led to much of the mess we’re currently in, and she explains how we all play a particular role in amending the damage. She talks through how our fear of dying is problematic (and what a different approach to death could look like), what it truly means to live virtuously, and whether or not she’s hopeful for the future. (Spoiler: Mostly, she is.) (For more, see The goop Podcast hub.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Le journaliste scientifique Charles Prémont nous dit si la Terre pourrait être à l'aube d'une nouvelle ère glaciaire; Émilie Bourgeault, cofondatrice de la clinique de télédermatologie Dermago, donne des trucs pour soulager les personnes qui souffrent d'acné après avoir porté un masque pour se protéger de la COVID-19; Anne-Sophie Letellier, codirectrice des communications de Crytpo.Québec, détaille les pratiques à adopter pour gérer nos codes et mots de passe informatiques en toute sécurité; et Myriam Daguzan Bernier, journaliste et étudiante en sexologie, explique pourquoi on associe certaines couleurs de vêtements au genre féminin et d'autres au genre masculin.

Welcome back SubWUFers! This week, Josh sits down airbrush artist Jordan Bourgeault. We chat about his art, influences, how he's staying busy, stop motion, and more. Be sure and check out his 'Mortal Kombat' piece HERE!                Follow Jordan: Instagram @jboairbrush Twitter @JBoAirbrush YouTube JBo Airbrush   Do you need shirts? RIPT Apparel has shirts!                              Use PROMO CODE: ASP10 at RiptApparel.com to receive 10% off your purchase.   Do you have suggestions for the show? Do have specific voice actor or creator that you would like us to interview? We would love to hear from you! Feel free to shoot us an email HERE. Be sure to head over to our website AnimationStationPodcast.com to check out both What's Up, Fandom & Animation Station Podcast episodes.  If you enjoy the show, please rate and review!   Follow the show on: Instagram @WhatsUpFandom Twitter @WhatsUpFandomPC YouTube Animation Station Podcast   Follow Josh @JoshLCain   Tags: podcast, podcasts, movies, tv, comics, popculture, fandom, animation, nerd, geek, art, airbrush, mortalkomat, videogames   ufpORuYSrRZQzgRl6YHG

Today on London Live we're joined by Dr. Ivy Bourgeault, who talks to Mike about the status of healthcare workers and their place in the system, Dr. Jason Kindrachuk of the University of Manitoba from the department of Medical Microbiology discusses re-emerging viruses, and OHL Commissioner David Branch talks to Mike about the next season of the OHL.

Cynthia Bourgeault has embraced silence and the contemplative life from a variety of perspectives: as a child in Quaker schools, as an Episcopal priest, as a student of the Gurdjieff "Fourth Way" and of centering prayer working with Fr. Thomas Keating, and now as a teacher both in her own Wisdom Schools and as part of the Living School. She is also the author of numerous books and a widely sought-after speaker and retreat leader. Joining us via Skype from Tucson shortly before she led a retreat, she offers a wide-ranging, insightful conversation on topics ranging from mysticism to inner transformation to the practical ways to develop contemplative culture in an ordinary neighborhood church — and why the local parish may not be the ideal environment for fostering deep interior work. This is part one of a two-part interview. Encountering Silence talks to Cynthia Bourgeault When people gather in silence, a deeper kind of  collective, synergistic, numinous knowing unfolds. And that’s the only knowing that’s worth a damn, particularly when you’re working with the infinite. — Cynthia Bourgeault Cynthia shares how her love for silence originated with her early education in Quaker schools, where she recognized silence as a "liturgical expression and mode of divine communion." There she discovered silence not merely as the absence of noise, but as a sacred container of presence.  For her, after a long meandering journey from Christian Science to Episcopal ordination, she became (in her words) a "Trappist junkie" as she began to study centering prayer with Fr. Thomas Keating, which for her meant a coming home to the silence she had learned to love as a child. You can't do infinite truth in a dialogical, debating mode. — Cynthia Bourgeault She offers keen insight into the dynamic interplay not only between silence and religion, but also silence as a medium by which we can experience inner transformation — a rewiring of our inner "operating system" as we move from the dualistic consciousness that is encoded in our language to the radical nonduality that only contemplative silence can reveal. With insights into the relationship between silence and philosophy, silence and psychology (including the ways in which western psychology misunderstands silence), and how monastic practices have encoded rich tools for using silence as a way to access nondual seeing, Bourgeault offers a rich and compelling statement for how silence is literally crucial for human growth, development, wellness, and knowing. Centering Prayer, in complete alignment with the radically surrendered heart of Christ, offers Christians a way to jump into the deep luminous river of silence, and to know in a different way... it's a 100% Christian experience of the deeper waters of silence." — Cynthia Bourgeault Some of the resources and authors we mention in this episode: Cynthia Bourgeault, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening Cynthia Bourgeault, The Heart of Centering Prayer Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus Cynthia Bourgeault, Love is Stronger Than Death Cynthia Bourgeault, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Way of Knowing G. I. Gurdjieff, In Search of Being: The  Fourth Way to Consciousness Jakob Boehme, Genius of the Transcendent Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Divine Milieu Anonymous, The Cloud of Unknowing Thomas Keating, Reflections on the Unknowable John Chrysostom, On the Incomprehensible Nature of God Robert Bly, Iron John: A Book About Men William Meninger, The Loving Search for God: Contemplative Prayer and the Cloud of Unknowing George Fox, The Journal of George Fox Thomas Merton, Contemplative Prayer Pythagoras, The Golden Verses Plato, The Complete Works

Cynthia Bourgeault has embraced silence and the contemplative life from a variety of perspectives: as a child in Quaker schools, as an Episcopal priest, as a student of the Gurdjieff "Fourth Way" and of centering prayer working with Fr. Thomas Keating, and now as a teacher both in her own Wisdom Schools and as part of the Living School. She is also the author of numerous books and a widely sought-after speaker and retreat leader. Joining us via Skype from Tucson shortly before she led a retreat, she offers a wide-ranging, insightful conversation on topics ranging from mysticism to inner transformation to the practical ways to develop contemplative culture in an ordinary neighborhood church — and why the local parish may not be the ideal environment for fostering deep interior work. This is part one of a two-part interview. Encountering Silence talks to Cynthia Bourgeault When people gather in silence, a deeper kind of  collective, synergistic, numinous knowing unfolds. And that’s the only knowing that’s worth a damn, particularly when you’re working with the infinite. — Cynthia Bourgeault Cynthia shares how her love for silence originated with her early education in Quaker schools, where she recognized silence as a "liturgical expression and mode of divine communion." There she discovered silence not merely as the absence of noise, but as a sacred container of presence.  For her, after a long meandering journey from Christian Science to Episcopal ordination, she became (in her words) a "Trappist junkie" as she began to study centering prayer with Fr. Thomas Keating, which for her meant a coming home to the silence she had learned to love as a child. You can't do infinite truth in a dialogical, debating mode. — Cynthia Bourgeault She offers keen insight into the dynamic interplay not only between silence and religion, but also silence as a medium by which we can experience inner transformation — a rewiring of our inner "operating system" as we move from the dualistic consciousness that is encoded in our language to the radical nonduality that only contemplative silence can reveal. With insights into the relationship between silence and philosophy, silence and psychology (including the ways in which western psychology misunderstands silence), and how monastic practices have encoded rich tools for using silence as a way to access nondual seeing, Bourgeault offers a rich and compelling statement for how silence is literally crucial for human growth, development, wellness, and knowing. Centering Prayer, in complete alignment with the radically surrendered heart of Christ, offers Christians a way to jump into the deep luminous river of silence, and to know in a different way... it's a 100% Christian experience of the deeper waters of silence." — Cynthia Bourgeault Some of the resources and authors we mention in this episode: Cynthia Bourgeault, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening Cynthia Bourgeault, The Heart of Centering Prayer Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus Cynthia Bourgeault, Love is Stronger Than Death Cynthia Bourgeault, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Way of Knowing G. I. Gurdjieff, In Search of Being: The  Fourth Way to Consciousness Jakob Boehme, Genius of the Transcendent Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Divine Milieu Anonymous, The Cloud of Unknowing Thomas Keating, Reflections on the Unknowable John Chrysostom, On the Incomprehensible Nature of God Robert Bly, Iron John: A Book About Men William Meninger, The Loving Search for God: Contemplative Prayer and the Cloud of Unknowing George Fox, The Journal of George Fox Thomas Merton, Contemplative Prayer Pythagoras, The Golden Verses Plato, The Complete Works Doc Childre, The Heartmath Solution The Dalai Lama, Refining Gold: Stages in Buddhist Contemplative Practice Sigmund Freud, The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud Carl Jung, The Portable Jung

This final episode of the Life of a Day series is all about you. It is about offering a reframing of your day with a new way of seeing, a new way of showing up as a contemplative in the world.

What happens when a friendly anthropologist conducts an ethnographic study of contemporary contemplative Christianity in America, looking at subjects both in monasteries and in secular life? Paula Pryce does just this kind of work in her insightful book The Monk's Cell: Ritual and Knowledge in American Contemplative Christianity. Spending several years of research with teachers like Cynthia Bourgeault and Thomas Keating, along with monasteries like the Society of St. John the Evangelist in Massachusetts, Pryce offers a detailed exploration of how contemplative spirituality is making a profound transformation in our time. From previous days when such practice was almost exclusively found within cloistered walls, to the increasing (if still marginal) presence of contemplation  in churches, centering prayer groups, online forums, and educational offerings such as the Center for Action & Contemplation's Living School or Bourgeault's own Wisdom School, contemplative practice is a vibrant subculture within Christianity — and Pryce, to our knowledge, is the first ethnographer to write about contemplative Christianity in a scholarly, yet accessible, fashion. I always meditated before I wrote... I go back in my mind, meditate, and then enter in through memory to those places where I was doing research, and that allowed me to give language to these non-verbal situations. — Paula Pryce What emerges from her research is a recognition that contemplation (and, by implication, the practice of silence) invites the practitioner into a new way of knowing, that is marked by qualities such as embodiment, community, humility, and ritual. I'm always after trying to understand the beauty of humankind. We have lots of messages about how awful we are! And we can't ignore that and I wouldn't want to. But I honestly think we need to embrace how wonderful humans are. — Paula Pryce In this conversation, Paula joins the Encountering Silence team to explore not only her own relationship with silence, but also how her research deepened her knowledge of contemplation as a transformational practice. She movingly speaks of her Anglo-Indian father as her silence hero, and draw connections between his lifelong meditation practice and his commitment to social action. She reflects on the paradox of writing about silence (expressing a non-verbal phenomena through the verbal medium of language), and on how ethnography, as a discipline, can help us to understand silence better. One can use anything as a contemplative practice. That's the main point of this book: people are trying to train themselves in everyday life as contemplatives, in every action and every way of being. — Paula Pryce Some of the resources and authors we mention in this episode: Paula S. Pryce, The Monk's Cell: Ritual and Knowledge in American Contemplative Christianity Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna Mahatma Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments With Truth Leo Tolstoy, A Confession and Other Religious Writings The Beatles, Abbey Road Victor Turner, From Ritual to Theatre: The Human Seriousness of Play Arnold van Gennep, The Rites of Passage Cynthia Bourgeault, The Heart of Centering Prayer: Nondual Christianity in Theory and Practice David Abram, The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World Seneca, The Stoic Philosophy Joseph Cassant, L'Attente Dans Le Silence Robert Alter, The Book of Psalms: Translation with Commentary Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain Hadewijch, The Complete Works Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems Episode 27: Silence, Bodily Knowing, and Ritual: A Conversation with Paula Pryce Hosted by: Kevin Johnson With: Cassidy Hall, Carl McColman Guest: Paula Pryce Date Recorded: May 29,

What happens when a friendly anthropologist conducts an ethnographic study of contemporary contemplative Christianity in America, looking at subjects both in monasteries and in secular life? Paula Pryce does just this kind of work in her insightful book The Monk's Cell: Ritual and Knowledge in American Contemplative Christianity. Spending several years of research with teachers like Cynthia Bourgeault and Thomas Keating, along with monasteries like the Society of St. John the Evangelist in Massachusetts, Pryce offers a detailed exploration of how contemplative spirituality is making a profound transformation in our time. From previous days when such practice was almost exclusively found within cloistered walls, to the increasing (if still marginal) presence of contemplation  in churches, centering prayer groups, online forums, and educational offerings such as the Center for Action & Contemplation's Living School or Bourgeault's own Wisdom School, contemplative practice is a vibrant subculture within Christianity — and Pryce, to our knowledge, is the first ethnographer to write about contemplative Christianity in a scholarly, yet accessible, fashion. I always meditated before I wrote... I go back in my mind, meditate, and then enter in through memory to those places where I was doing research, and that allowed me to give language to these non-verbal situations. — Paula Pryce What emerges from her research is a recognition that contemplation (and, by implication, the practice of silence) invites the practitioner into a new way of knowing, that is marked by qualities such as embodiment, community, humility, and ritual. I'm always after trying to understand the beauty of humankind. We have lots of messages about how awful we are! And we can't ignore that and I wouldn't want to. But I honestly think we need to embrace how wonderful humans are. — Paula Pryce In this conversation, Paula joins the Encountering Silence team to explore not only her own relationship with silence, but also how her research deepened her knowledge of contemplation as a transformational practice. She movingly speaks of her Anglo-Indian father as her silence hero, and draw connections between his lifelong meditation practice and his commitment to social action. She reflects on the paradox of writing about silence (expressing a non-verbal phenomena through the verbal medium of language), and on how ethnography, as a discipline, can help us to understand silence better. One can use anything as a contemplative practice. That's the main point of this book: people are trying to train themselves in everyday life as contemplatives, in every action and every way of being. — Paula Pryce Some of the resources and authors we mention in this episode: Paula S. Pryce, The Monk's Cell: Ritual and Knowledge in American Contemplative Christianity Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna Mahatma Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments With Truth Leo Tolstoy, A Confession and Other Religious Writings The Beatles, Abbey Road Victor Turner, From Ritual to Theatre: The Human Seriousness of Play Arnold van Gennep, The Rites of Passage Cynthia Bourgeault, The Heart of Centering Prayer: Nondual Christianity in Theory and Practice David Abram, The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World Seneca, The Stoic Philosophy Joseph Cassant, L'Attente Dans Le Silence Robert Alter, The Book of Psalms: Translation with Commentary Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain Hadewijch, The Complete Works Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems Episode 27: Silence, Bodily Knowing, and Ritual: A Conversation with Paula Pryce Hosted by: Kevin Johnson With: Cassidy Hall, Carl McColman Guest: Paula Pryce Date Recorded: May 29, 2018

Join Rev. Kristin and her guest Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault for this soul-stirring interview. Dr. Bourgeault is a contemplative practioner, wise and celebrated spiritual teacher, and prolific author who dives deep into the mystical well of Christianity and shares universal living waters—ever alive, refreshing, and awakening.

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