Latter-day Faith

114: (Encore) Christmas Conversation: Birthing the Christ Within


Listen Later

This encore presentation of a show first released in December 2019 continues a conversation between Phil McLemore, a yogi in the lineage of Paramahansa Yogananda and also a Latter-day Saint, and LDF host Dan Wotherspoon. This time, its focus is on Christmas and its various symbols and the opportunities the season provides for better understanding Jesus and, more widely, Christ, the divine consciousness of God in every part of creation. Phil and Dan first discuss the importance of understanding things related to our divine development through myth and symbology rather than worrying if this or that story or account of something miraculous really happened historically. It's an important shift to make, allowing us to read scripture, situations, others, and all of life with new and fresh eyes, for in each is much that we can draw on for strength and insight for our journeys. Mary, the mother of Jesus, and the divine feminine more widely, then take front stage as Phil pulls wonderful wisdom from every aspect of what she represents as a virgin, as pregnant with Christ consciousness, as giving birth, and much more. The turn next to what the inn and innkeeper represent. What about the cave/stable? How can we look at the shepherds and the wise men/magi (and their gifts) more expansively? Elizabeth and Mary, each carrying in her womb a powerful, God-conscious child can also be seen as much more than simply cousins communing together during their pregnancies. And more! Yogi Phil then takes us into greater depth, sharing some of the teachings and practices of Yogananda in relation to Christmas, and he then offers us a powerful meditative practice that will help take us deep in the meaning of this holy season and the patterns and archetypes playing themselves out in its stories and symbols, and even more importantly, within each of us as we journey toward divine consciousness and communion. Will we allow ourselves to be open to its many gifts?

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Latter-day FaithBy Dan Wotherspoon

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

128 ratings


More shows like Latter-day Faith

View all
RadioWest by KUER

RadioWest

781 Listeners

Mormon Stories Podcast by Dr. John Dehlin

Mormon Stories Podcast

5,569 Listeners

Mormon Discussions Podcasts – Full Lineup by Bill Reel

Mormon Discussions Podcasts – Full Lineup

628 Listeners

Better Than Happy by Jody Moore

Better Than Happy

5,666 Listeners

Leading Saints Podcast by Leading Saints

Leading Saints Podcast

1,235 Listeners

Mormon Land by The Salt Lake Tribune

Mormon Land

331 Listeners

Faith Matters by Faith Matters Foundation

Faith Matters

1,745 Listeners

Radio Free Mormon by Mormon Discussion Inc

Radio Free Mormon

1,331 Listeners

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer by Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

1,066 Listeners

At Last She Said It by Cynthia Winward, Susan Hinckley

At Last She Said It

1,037 Listeners

followHIM by Hank Smith & John Bytheway

followHIM

11,023 Listeners

Breaking Down Patriarchy by Amy McPhie Allebest

Breaking Down Patriarchy

603 Listeners

Latter Day Struggles by Valerie Hamaker

Latter Day Struggles

852 Listeners

Data Over Dogma by Daniel McClellan and Daniel Beecher

Data Over Dogma

1,456 Listeners

Mormon.ish by Rebecca Bibliotheca and Landon Brophy

Mormon.ish

186 Listeners