Questions About the Practice

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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On this episode, Jim and Kirsten answer questions about spiritual practices that were submitted by the listeners during the airing of the 1st season. The transcript for this episode can be found here. To learn more about James Finley, visit jamesfinley.org Turning to the Mystics is a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation. We'd love to hear your thoughts, comments or feedback. To do so, email us at [email protected] Have a question you’d like Jim or Kirsten to answer on a future episode? Email us: [email protected] or, send us a voicemail: cac.org/voicemail 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!

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation.
0:04.4	To learn more, visit cacac.org.
0:08.9	Greetings. I'm Jim Finley.
0:11.6	And I'm Kirsten Oates. Welcome to turning to the Mystics.
0:17.0	Welcome to our second question and response episode for turning to the
0:27.8	Mystic season one where we've been turning to the Christian mystic Thomas
0:32.2	Merton in today's episode we'll focus
0:34.7	on questions that came in about contemplative practice.
0:38.3	Thank you so much for the fabulous questions.
0:41.1	It's been wonderful to read your emails and listen to your thoughts and feedback.
0:46.0	I'm sure all the questions today will be help to everyone who's listening.
0:51.0	If you're listening to this episode in real time, you'll be
0:54.8	experiencing what we're experiencing, which is this chaotic challenging time of
1:00.4	coronavirus. Jim and I and Corrie are here together online, zooming in from our
1:06.9	own shelter in environments and living with the ups and downs of this new
1:12.4	experience.
1:14.1	With that in mind, Jim, I wanted to start with a question around getting advice about a practice
1:20.2	we might use if we're having trouble sleeping. I myself have been having trouble
1:27.8	sleeping since the coronavirus experience began. I find myself waking up between two and four most nights and my
1:38.6	body is just wide awake and I can't get back to sleep.
1:43.0	When I've shared this experience with friends and family,
1:47.0	I find a lot of people are having the same thing going on.
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