The Howard Thurman Podcast

Creative Order in Life (1963-09-27); The Great Exposure (1963-02-15)


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In this recording within the We Believe Series; Howard Thurman reads from Jane Steger's "Leaves from a Secret Journal." He attempts makes sense of the makeup of one's own life through the lens of ecology and biology. Using examples such as trees and DNA, Thurman explores the depths of the "order" of human existence. In this recording within the We Believe Series; Howard Thurman reads from his text "Meditations of the Heart." His reading reflects upon the impact of trauma, and how it effects the development of the individual. He develops his ideas based off of personal experience and his own psychological findings. In this recording, Thurman suggests that it is in the exposure to the reality of existence that one can begin to mature.


Part of the Collection, We Believe (Television Series, 1958-1965)


Tags: angels, balance, biology, chaos, childhood, coding, completion, confidence, consequence, constitution, creativity, death, development, ecology, epistemology, experience, Jane Steger, journey, leaves from a secret journal, life, maturity, meditations of the heart, moral structure, North Carolina, personality, pigs, Sargasso Sea, seasons, snakes, trauma, tree, urge of life, Virginia


Dustin Mailman


Recorded in WHDH-TV, Boston, Massachusetts


Citation: Thurman, Howard, “Creative Order in Life (1963-09-27); The Great Exposure (1963-02-15),” The Howard Thurman Digital Archive, accessed July 9, 2024, https://thurman.pitts.emory.edu/items/show/1239.

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