Paying Attention: John Griffith on a Spiritual Practice of His Own
11/27/22 • 51 min
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Morning coffee with one's spouse? Listening to other people's stories? Reading whatever you want? This is spiritual practice? If you've been on the spiritual path all your life, then, yes. Because in the end spiritual practice is whatever works, not whatever others have told you to do.
My conversation with retired minister and former spiritual director John Griffith is filled with wise insights into the spiritual journey. There's a reason we've been taught to listen to our elders.
Referenced in this episode
Hillhurst United Church: https://hillhurstunited.com
Personal Links
My web site (where you can sign up for my blog): https://www.brianepearson.ca
My email address: [email protected]
Series Music Credit
"Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison, performed by Colin James, from the album, Limelight, 2005; licensed under SOCAN 2022
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Morning coffee with one's spouse? Listening to other people's stories? Reading whatever you want? This is spiritual practice? If you've been on the spiritual path all your life, then, yes. Because in the end spiritual practice is whatever works, not whatever others have told you to do.
My conversation with retired minister and former spiritual director John Griffith is filled with wise insights into the spiritual journey. There's a reason we've been taught to listen to our elders.
Referenced in this episode
Hillhurst United Church: https://hillhurstunited.com
Personal Links
My web site (where you can sign up for my blog): https://www.brianepearson.ca
My email address: [email protected]
Series Music Credit
"Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison, performed by Colin James, from the album, Limelight, 2005; licensed under SOCAN 2022
Previous Episode
Inward Journey, Outward Journey: Liz Rees on the Way of Contemplation
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Some forms of prayer seem to assume that we must capture the attention of a far-off God, like lassoing a star. Contemplation assumes God's already here, deep within, and not just within us, but within all created beings. Liz Rees, a contemplative teacher and guide, talks to me about how contemplative practice connects us deeply to the natural world.
Resources:
Berry, Thomas. "Dream of the Earth"; Sierra Club, 1988
Keating, Thomas. "Open Mind, Open Heart"; Continuum International Publishing Group, 1994
Loorz, Victoria. "Church of the Wild"; Broadleaf Press, 2021
Merton, Thomas. Kathleen Deignan (ed). "When the Trees Say Nothing"; Sorin Books, 2015
Green Exodus: [currently offline]
Inner Sanctuary the Podcast: found on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere
Personal Links
My web site (where you can sign up for my blog): https://www.brianepearson.ca
My email address: [email protected]
Series Music Credit
"Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison, performed by Colin James, from the album, Limelight, 2005; licensed under SOCAN 2022
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Romancing the Moon: Inside a "Soulcraft Intensive," as shared with Liz Wiltzen
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It was indeed intense, but I was learning the ways of Soul and shedding the fears that prevented me from knowing and living out, fully, my purpose on the earth. As we camped in the woods and wandered and drummed and danced and dreamed, I knew something important was happening. I was becoming ... myself. Naturally.
To be guided through the threads of my conversation with Liz Wiltzen, click on the Chapters tab, above.
Links
Liz Wiltzen, Life Coach: https://www.lizwiltzen.com
Liz Wiltzen, "Tracking Yes" podcast: https://www.trackingyes.com
Resources
Animas Valley Institute: https://www.animas.org
Bill Plotkin, Soul Craft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche , New World Library, 2003
____________, Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World, New World Library, 2008
____________. WildMind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche, New World Library, 2013
____________. The Journey of Soul Initiation: A Field Guide for Visionaries, Evolutionaries, and Revolutionaries, New World Library, 2021
Photo Credit: Alexis Antonio on Unsplash
Personal Links
My web site (where you can sign up for my blog): https://www.brianepearson.ca
My email address: [email protected]
Series Music Credit
"Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison, performed by Colin James, from the album, Limelight, 2005; licensed under SOCAN 2022
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