A Coaching Session on Four Quartets

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode, Jim and Kirsten review the season and offer a way for us to turn to T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets for guidance on our own spiritual path. Resource Section: A transcript for this episode can be found here. A transcript of the meditation within this episode is accessible here. An information sheet on Lectio practice can be found here. The book we will be using this season can be found here. A free version can be accessed online here. Connect with us: 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 https://cac.org/support-cac/podcasts/ Thank you!

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation.
0:04.0	To learn more, visit cac.org.
0:07.9	Hello everyone. This is Kirsten Oates, and I'm here with James Finley,
0:12.5	and we want to invite you to join us for the Turning to the Mystic's virtual retreat,
0:18.0	December 5 to 8.
0:20.0	Over the course of those four days, we'll be engaging in an interior pilgrimage,
0:25.6	mirroring the journey laid out in the 19th century Russian mystical text, the way of a pilgrim.
0:31.6	In kind of wondering like what you might expect in being on this retreat,
0:36.6	my hope for you would be
0:39.3	encouraging insights that helps you to realize you're already on this path of
0:45.3	longing. And also you might receive guidance and how to be true to it and follow it
0:52.3	because it's very subtle because it's interior it's in our heart.
0:57.0	So I would hope there would be encouragement and a sense of guidance and inner clarity about this path and how to be true to it.
1:07.0	To surrender to the path is to surrender to God because he finds his way to the realm of the heart.
1:12.6	And the realm of the heart is that place where our life and God's life are one.
1:18.6	And how do we find our way to that oneness is hidden deep within us in an experiential way
1:24.6	and learn to live by it and share it with other people day by day.
1:29.7	So I look forward to our time together, prayerfully kind of walking through these insights about
1:35.3	God's oneness with us and life itself.
1:38.0	If you'd like to join us, please head to cac.org forward slash retreat to register.
1:46.0	We hope to see you there.
1:50.5	Greetings. I'm Jim Finley.
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