The Way of a Pilgrim: Session 4

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This is the fourth session that focuses on the 19th-century anonymous text, The Way of a Pilgrim. In the tenor of the ancient practice of Lectio Divina, James Finley begins with passages from The Way of a Pilgrim, 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 James Finley, visit his faculty profile at the Center for Action and Contemplation here. The transcript for this episode can be found here. The book we will be using this season can be found here. Connect with us: Have a question or personal story of pilgrimage that you'd like to share with Jim and Kirsten about this season? Email us: [email protected] Send us a voicemail here: http://www.cac.org/voicemail We'll be accepting questions for Listener Questions and Stories of Pilgrimage until June 6th, 2024. 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.
0:04.4	To learn more, visit cacac.org.
0:07.0	Greetings, I'm Jim Finley.
0:13.0	Welcome to turning to the mysteries. Greetings everyone and welcome to our time together turning for guidance to the Christian
0:31.4	Mystic the anonymous author of the Way of a Pilgrim. We left off in the
0:37.8	previous session with the Pilgrim receiving guidance from the teacher on how to say the Jesus prayer,
0:49.2	along with the inner meaning of the prayer and its transformative effects on the fellow
0:53.8	calia. And noting specifically how the saying of the Jesus prayer evokes and
1:01.9	embodies the hearts ceaseless longing for God
1:06.7	that echoes with God's ceaseless longing for the pilgrim and for each of us.
1:10.9	That's kind of the essence of the matter. And the monk, the teacher, ends his guidance
1:19.1	in this way. The Stara that's sent me away with this blessing and told me that while learning the prayer I must
1:28.0	always come back to him and tell him everything, making a very frank confession report,
1:35.1	for the inward process could not go on properly and successfully
1:40.0	without the guidance of a teacher.
1:41.6	I'd like to reflect on this.
1:45.3	On the inward guidance, inward process,
1:49.4	whether, is that the inward process in which were transformed in engaging in a loving
1:59.4	act that embodies the desire to be ever more like and one with what we love.
2:07.0	So for example, when two people fall in love, They sincerely give themselves to each other by speaking and
2:17.4	listening and acting towards each other in ever more loving ways. That's an inward process that transforms them in love.
2:26.0	It metamorphoses their heart in love this way.
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