Turning to Teresa of Avila

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Season 2 of Turning to the Mystics. In this episode, Kirsten Oates and James Finley turning to Teresa of Avila and discovering how one might integrate her teachings into our daily lives. By the end of this episode, you will have a robust understanding of the life and work of Teresa of Avila and her impact on Jim Finley. Resources: Turning to the Mystics is a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation. To learn more about Jim, visit jamesfinley.org  The transcript for this episode can be found here. The book being used for this season can be found here. Check out our online course on the Interior Castle, details are here. Connect with us: We also produce other podcasts you might enjoy. To learn more about them and our other offerings, visit cac.org 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 everyone.
0:25.0	Jim and I are so excited to be launching season two of turning to the Mystics.
0:30.0	In this podcast, Jim uses the ancient practice of Lexio to help us turn to Christian and other
0:36.7	mystics for trustworthy guidance on what matters most. In this episode, Jim will be introducing us to the Mystic we'll be turning to in
0:46.8	season 2, St. Theresa of Avalon, a 16th century Spanish Christian mystic.
0:54.4	Then we'll be returning to the practice of Lexio using Teresa's text, the interior castle.
1:02.2	So Jim, can you let us know why you chose Theresa as our second mystic?
1:07.0	Well, I would say first, I began this series of Thomas Merton I chose him first because one he was my
1:17.3	teacher at the monastery and also he's contemporary. He speaks our language and therefore he's more accessible to us in
1:30.3	terms of a mystic teacher in the Christian tradition.
1:35.0	And then having finished the series on Merton,
1:39.1	I thought Teresa would be a good one to follow, do next, because one, it would be good one to follow next because one it would be good to move from man
1:45.8	Thomas Merton to a woman mystic and also Teresa because she's one of the mystics that has had a very kind of deep
1:56.2	effect on me in my life personally and therefore she's just really a good resource to have in terms of
2:05.3	trustworthy spiritual guidance and following this path so I'm choosing
2:11.2	her next for those reasons.
2:13.0	And now will you give us a bit of an introduction into who Theresa was and the book of hers that you're going to focus on and explore with us.
2:23.0	That's right.
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