Turning to The Cloud of Unknowing

This is the first session that focuses on the mystical text, The Cloud of Unknowing. In the tenor of the ancient practice of Lectio Divina, James Finley begins with a passage from The Cloud of Unknowing, and reflects on the qualitative essence of the spirit of this text, and fini ...  Show more

This is the first dialogue that focuses on the mystical text, The Cloud of Unknowing. In this episode, Jim and Kirsten discuss Session 1 where Jim talks about the first of four phases in The Cloud of Unknowing, the common life. Resources: Turning to the Mystics is a podcast by th ...  Show more

In this bonus episode, Living School Faculty James (Jim) Finley and Kirsten Oates join Richard Rohr and Paul Swanson (Brie sadly wasn't there!) in conversation about the contemplative journey, what it was like to be guided by Thomas Merton, Jim's trauma work, and their new podcas ...  Show more

We’ve been taught to search for answers. Constantly trying to understand the world, to control it, to make sense of the chaos. But what if the search for certainty is actually keeping us stuck? What if the key to freedom isn’t about knowing more, but about learning to live wit ...

The Power of Now - A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment with Gilda and Barbara

In this episode, we cover Chapter Seven, Section Five: Portals into the Unmanifested - Silence

Gilda Simonet and Barbara Wainwright have been studying Eckhart Tolle's work for ages. For ...

The Power of Now - A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment with Gilda and Barbara

In this episode, we cover Chapter Seven, Section Two: Portals into the Unmanifested - The Source of Chi

Gilda Simonet and Barbara Wainwright have been studying Eckhart Tolle's work for a ...