The Way of a Pilgrim: Session 6

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This is the sixth 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 21st, 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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0:51.1	Greetings I'm Jim Finley.
0:54.0	Welcome to turning to the Mystics.
0:57.0	Greetings everyone. Welcome to our time together, turning for guidance to the teachings of the anonymous author of the Way of the Pilgrim.
1:17.0	In our explorations of this first chapter of the Way of the Pilgrim,. We've been following the pilgrim as he shares with us
1:25.9	the grace transformations that are unfolding within him as he follows the guidance given by
1:32.4	his star,
1:33.4	his mystically awakened guide in the prayer of Jesus.
1:38.8	And we've seen how,
1:41.2	in the following of this very deep contemplative way to commit himself to this prayer.
1:48.0	That this prayer embodies the path that leads to the realm of the heart.
1:54.0	And then we see in the guidance that he's passing on to us,
1:59.0	the guidance that helps us in our own contemplative practice,
2:02.0	on the qualities of our practice.
2:04.4	And although each mystic expresses these guidelines in his or her own unique way, there's
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