Cynthia Bourgeault: Encountering the Wisdom Jesus
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Tami Simon speaks with Cynthia Bourgeault, an Episcopal priest, author, and teacher of prayer in the contemplative Christian tradition. She is the principle teacher and advisor to the Contemplative Society and the founding director of the Aspen Wisdom School. Cynthia is the author of The Wisdom Way of Knowing: Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, and with Sounds True she has created the audio learning course Encountering the Wisdom Jesusand the audio program Singing the Psalms. In this episode, Tami and Cynthia speak about “kenosis,” or self-emptying, as the center point of Jesus’ message, how we can understand Jesus’ life as a sacrament, and how love lives on beyond death. (53 minutes)
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Thank you Cynthia and Tami for such an interesting talk. I am interested also in this damnation of ego in our culture. To me the true ego is connected to heart and mind, and offers us the ‘drive ‘ to get up and ‘do ‘ in life. I think there needs to be finer definition given and understood as to underlying motives as to how we judge ego. Does the ‘driving force’ behind our motivation belong to to true self- or false self? It it belongs to the true self with ‘good’ motivation behind it – or unseen force of loving otive- then surely this is a ‘good’ ego energy. I believe we have become far too persuaded by dualist – black or white – good or bad in our judgements. I really enjoyed the last segment in particular with the liturgy to surrender from the desires of false self – as a learning pathway. Thank you again.
Comment by sasha whitehead — June 24, 2011 @ 9:53 pm
Cynthia was very forthright explaining her understanding and evolving of Christian concept, it was refreshing I have wrestled with the belief the way it normally has been presented through all my life from family members and churches. Thank again I can see the continual evolving of the faith on a true universal plain that includes all aspect of life and being.
Comment by Jerome Campbell — June 26, 2011 @ 12:39 pm
Tami, thank you for giving me 53 minutes with my teacher. When she was in British Columbia, I had, and accepted, the opportunity to be one of her students. Cynthia’s wisdom permeates my everyday life in many ways. Upon hearing her voice during this interview, I long to be sitting at her feet for the next phase of my being. I wonder…
Comment by Amy@Souldipper — June 28, 2011 @ 9:09 pm
[...] favourite source of spiritual speakers, Sounds True, presented one of my all time favourite teachers, Cynthia Bourgeault. For nearly an hour, I wallowed [...]
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I am a recovering Catholic and have read Cynthia’s books. To hear her in the interview was a delight but more important, she inspires me to live and be transformed by love in her theological sharing. Thank you so much for this inspiring interview. Susan
Comment by Susan Griffiths — July 18, 2011 @ 9:12 am
I listened again to this interview last night. She has a fresh, wise and fascinating perspective – one which we can carry to our everyday lives!
Comment by Ron Farson — September 2, 2011 @ 9:58 am