Mediocre Mystic

Note: This meditation originally appeared in the Fundamental Shift feed on December 22, 2020.

A gift to you from Fundamental Shift and The Quieted Mind. 

Many of us this year are dealing with the reality that we cannot return home for the holidays. When we talk about going home, it is helpful to be reminded that our true home is in the here and now. The practice of mindfulness is one of constantly arriving in the present moment.

This guided meditation is adapted from one described by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh in a Dharma Talk he delivered at Plum Village, France on July 16, 1996. You can read the text of that talk at PlumVillage.org.

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Note: This episode was originally featured in the Fundamental Shift feed on November 24, 2020.

Grace and James reflect on the history of Columbus Day and Thanksgiving as we continue our focus on Decolonization.

Trying out an Indigenous recipe this season?
If you decolonize your table this Thanksgiving, be sure to share it with us on social media using the hashtag #FSPFocus!

Whose land am I on???
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Recommended Resources from AnaYelsi:

1. Anything from Kimberlé Crenshaw and her Theory of Intersectionality for those working to understand multiple forms of oppression and oppressive systems. Begin with her 2016 TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality

2. Anything from Patricia Hill Collins for the same aforementioned reasons

3. Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza for those feeling like they have a foot straddling two worlds

4. Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass for those that are in the process of better understanding our relationship to the earth, plants, animals...

5. NAIITS - An Indigenous Learning Community for those that are Christian practitioners

Also referenced in this series:
Processes of Decolonization (Poka Laenui, aka Hayden F. Burgess)

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NOTE: This episode originally played in the Fundamental Shift feed on November 17, 2020.

It's Colonization Season in America! The U.S. recently observed Indigenous Peoples' Day, a.k.a. Columbus Day, and Thanksgiving is around the corner. This week, special guest AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez sits down with James to talk about the importance of Decolonization.

Recommended Resources from AnaYelsi:

1. Anything from Kimberlé Crenshaw and her Theory of Intersectionality for those working to understand multiple forms of oppression and oppressive systems. Begin with her 2016 TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality

2. Anything from Patricia Hill Collins for the same aforementioned reasons

3. Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza for those feeling like they have a foot straddling two worlds

4. Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass for those that are in the process of better understanding our relationship to the earth, plants, animals...

5. NAIITS - An Indigenous Learning Community for those that are Christian practitioners

Also referenced in this episode:
Processes of Decolonization (Poka Laenui, aka Hayden F. Burgess)

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Our own Mediocre Mystic, Grace, talks about all things Samhain, Halloween, All Saints/Souls, and offers a live tarot reading in this special episode!

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Grace and James reminisce about Halloweens past, sharing fun stories and some horror stories about what Halloween was like for evangelical Christians growing up in the '80s and '90s.

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Grace and James discuss the new direction of Season 3, your comments about the premiere episode, and what Fundamental Shift is all about.

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Fundamental Shift returns with a video edition on YouTube. Subscribe there to get our video content! This is the Audio edition. Grace and James talk about the shifts that have been going on with the pod and in their own lives.

Referenced in this Episode:
Krishna Das: Web | Facebook| YouTube

If you want to explore more about modern media as sacred texts, music, film check out these podcasts:

• Hot and Bothered
• Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
• The Real Question

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Today James is talking about the controversial and often divisive topic of Toxic Masculinity. Will this be the episode that finally unlocks the Hate Mail achievement for our show?

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Referenced and Recommended in this Episode:
Good Men Project
What's Good, Man?
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo

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On this episode Grace & James break down the role fundamentalist purity culture and racism played in the Atlanta spa shooting. They examine the long term effects on American society, and the part it plays in shaping a culture where not only this event, but too many to count continue to impact our society regularly.

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Content Trigger Warnings:

Gun Violence

Sexual Content  
Religious Trauma

Referenced in this Episode:

Southern Baptist Convention

Recommendations from Grace & James:

Stop API Hate

AAA Justice

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On this episode Grace and James interview Meg Vallee. Meg shares her story of navigating addiction, sex work, and purity culture as a person of faith. She offers us a shift in perspective from purity to compassion and understanding.

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Sexual Content
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Referenced in this Episode:

National Harm Reduction Coalition

Sex Workers Outreach Project

Recommendations from Meg:

LA Community Health Project

Reframe Health and Justice

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