The Contemplative Light Podcast

By Clint Sabom

This spirituality and self-help podcast features interviews, stories, and commentary from top writers and authors. Topics include Mysticism, Contemplative Spirituality, Nondual Awakening, Meditation,... more

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April 18, 2018 17. Centering Prayer, with Rich Lewis
Rich Lewis talks about centering prayer, some thoughts on his recent book reviews, and the contemplative Christian community across the web.Contemplative Light is a community of interfaith spiritual teachers rooted in the Christian contemplative tradition providing resources for the healing of persons. This includes resources for:-Contemplative Practitioners: courses, study guides, training materials, articles, podcasts, and lessons on silent prayer and meditation for beginning and experienced contemplatives.-Contemplative Community: to connect, grow, learn from, and support each other on this journey-Resources for Healing Professionals: clergy, chaplains, lay leaders, spiritual directors, and mental health professionals open to the spiritual aspect of the healing processWe provide contemplative coaching at: https://www.contemplativelight.com/contemplative-coaching-page/
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April 17, 2018 16. Moving From Stress To Joy With Fr. Nicholas Amato
Fr. Nicholas talks about his work that uses contemplative practice for stress relief. Moving From Stress To Joy, by Nicholas Amatohttps://amzn.to/2H8Ns3HA Catholic priest since 1970, Amato has served more than 20 years as a pastor. He is a graduate of the Shalem Institute in Washington, where he served as adjunct faculty member and is also an Associate of Mepkin Trappist Abbey in South Carolina leading contemplative retreats there. Over the years, he has served on the Spiritual Formation staff of Saint Luke Institute in Maryland and is the co-creator of the Mepkin Priest Wellness Program. He has studied in Rome and Jerusalem. His full-time ministry includes leading days of recollection, retreats, and parish missions. He has Masters degrees in Counseling and in Theology, and a Doctorate in Educational Administration. His prior work on spirituality is Living in God: Contemplative Prayer and Contemplative Action published by WestBow Press, 2016Contemplative Light is a community of interfaith spiritual teachers rooted in the Christian contemplative tradition providing resources for the healing of persons. This includes resources for:-Contemplative Practitioners: courses, study guides, training materials, articles, podcasts, and lessons on silent prayer and meditation for beginning and experienced contemplatives.-Contemplative Community: to connect, grow, learn from, and support each other on this journey-Resources for Healing Professionals: clergy, chaplains, lay leaders, spiritual directors, and mental health professionals open to the spiritual aspect of the healing processWe provide contemplative coaching at: https://www.contemplativelight.com/contemplative-coaching-page/
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April 15, 2018 Contemplation 10: The Kingdom Of God Is Within You
A meditation on a verse from The Gospel Of Luke. "The Kingdom Of God Is Within You." If you want to know how to experience God directly and glimpse a Christian enlightenment, listen to this brief recording.Contemplative Light is a community of interfaith spiritual teachers rooted in the Christian contemplative tradition providing resources for the healing of persons. This includes resources for:-Contemplative Practitioners: courses, study guides, training materials, articles, podcasts, and lessons on silent prayer and meditation for beginning and experienced contemplatives.-Contemplative Community: to connect, grow, learn from, and support each other on this journey-Resources for Healing Professionals: clergy, chaplains, lay leaders, spiritual directors, and mental health professionals open to the spiritual aspect of the healing processWe provide contemplative coaching at: https://www.contemplativelight.com/contemplative-coaching-page/
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April 12, 2018 Contemplation 9: An Old Country House
A guided meditation using imagery intended to release stress, open the heart, and invigorate the soul. More Audio meditations can be found on the Contemplative Light website at https://www.contemplativelight.com
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April 10, 2018 Contemplation 8: Evelyn Underhill's Five Stages of Mysticism
An Experiential Meditation on Evelyn Underhill's 5 Stages Of Awakening. What is life like after awakening? What are some of the signposts of this process and the shifts of spirit that happen along the way? The stages, while laid out in the most helpful model I've seen, are still only that, a model. They are not set in stone, nor is it essential to locate yourself in the exact phase: growth is rarely linear. Drawing on the tradition Benedictine model of Christian mysticism [1. Purgatio 2. Illuminatio 3. Unitio], Underhill expanded the Holy Road home to God into five territories that usually overlap:1. Awakening2. The Purgative Way3. The Illuminative Way4. The Dark Night Of The Soul5. The Unitive WayHer writings in her masterpiece work, Mysticism, utilize quotes from the saints and mystics of the past to illustrate the shifts and turns in consciousness that occur as our inner being awakens to the Presence of God everywhere all the time here NOW. Ultimately, it is a journey where Grace takes over our individual egos, and The Holy Spirit wakes up to Itself within us. We are only the vessels in which the transpersonal God makes Himself manifest in this earthly domain. Contemplative Light offers a course on the traditional Christian meditative practices:1. Lection Devina2. Centering Prayer3. Igantian Exercises4. The Jesus Prayer5. Christian Meditation Our course on contemplative practices can be found here.https://contemplativelight.teachable.com/p/contemplative-practice/?preview=logged_outContemplative Light is a community of interfaith spiritual teachers rooted in the Christian contemplative tradition providing resources for the healing of persons. This includes resources for:-Contemplative Practitioners: courses, study guides, training materials, articles, podcasts, and lessons on silent prayer and meditation for beginning and experienced contemplatives.-Contemplative Community: to connect, grow, learn from, and support each other on this journey-Resources for Healing Professionals: clergy, chaplains, lay leaders, spiritual directors, and mental health professionals open to the spiritual aspect of the healing processWe provide contemplative coaching at: https://www.contemplativelight.com/contemplative-coaching-page/
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April 07, 2018 Contemplation 7: The Psychology Of Christian Saints And Mystics
A reflection and meditation on the special talents and gifts of Christian saints and mystics. What do contemplatives do well? Is contemplative growth a talent? Can it be your primary talent? Does that even make sense?The capacity to open to and hold space for internal suffering seems to characterize many of the great heroes and heroins of Christian hagiography. This is how we take that great courage into our lives today.Contemplative Light is a community of interfaith spiritual teachers rooted in the Christian contemplative tradition providing resources for the healing of persons. This includes resources for:-Contemplative Practitioners: courses, study guides, training materials, articles, podcasts, and lessons on silent prayer and meditation for beginning and experienced contemplatives.-Contemplative Community: to connect, grow, learn from, and support each other on this journey-Resources for Healing Professionals: clergy, chaplains, lay leaders, spiritual directors, and mental health professionals open to the spiritual aspect of the healing processWe provide contemplative coaching at: https://www.contemplativelight.com/contemplative-coaching-page/
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April 06, 2018 Contemplation 6: On Believing In Mind, A Reading
This mini-episode is a reading from D.T. Suzuki's "Manual Of Zen Buddhism." This is an early Zen sutra that is at once a meditation of non-duality. The paradoxes here are meant to free the mind from its conditioned patterns, opening us up to greater Presence.
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March 28, 2018 15. Struggles with Contemplation, Meditation, And Spiritual Practice
Living a contemplative life is not very easy in this crazy world. Doing contemplative practices and praying regularly is hard, too. Here, we talk about some of the challenges we have faced and some struggles common to the contemplative journey.Contemplative Light is a community of interfaith spiritual teachers rooted in the Christian contemplative tradition providing resources for the healing of persons. This includes resources for:-Contemplative Practitioners: courses, study guides, training materials, articles, podcasts, and lessons on silent prayer and meditation for beginning and experienced contemplatives.-Contemplative Community: to connect, grow, learn from, and support each other on this journey-Resources for Healing Professionals: clergy, chaplains, lay leaders, spiritual directors, and mental health professionals open to the spiritual aspect of the healing processWe provide contemplative coaching at: https://www.contemplativelight.com/contemplative-coaching-page/
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March 23, 2018 14. Contemplative Christianity And Orthodoxy
A discussion of how organized religion and contemplative spirituality interface: process, psychology, and social dynamics. Contemplative Light is working on a class about 20 Christian mystics. In the meantime, we have a class on contemplative practices and perspectives here. www.contemplativelight.com/classes/Contemplative Light is a community of interfaith spiritual teachers rooted in the Christian contemplative tradition providing resources for the healing of persons. This includes resources for:-Contemplative Practitioners: courses, study guides, training materials, articles, podcasts, and lessons on silent prayer and meditation for beginning and experienced contemplatives.-Contemplative Community: to connect, grow, learn from, and support each other on this journey-Resources for Healing Professionals: clergy, chaplains, lay leaders, spiritual directors, and mental health professionals open to the spiritual aspect of the healing processWe provide contemplative coaching at: https://www.contemplativelight.com/contemplative-coaching-page/
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March 23, 2018 Contemplation 5: Why Do Spiritual Teachers Change Their Names?
Meditation on the nature of identity and self. An exercise that leads to awakening.Contemplative Light is working on a class about 20 Christian mystics. In the meantime, we have a class on contemplative practices and perspectives here. www.contemplativelight.com/classes/
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