James Finley on Sacred Moments of Vulnerability
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- Опубликовано: 1 сен 2021
- James Finely is a mystic, teacher, psychologist, and student of Thomas Merton. Today we’ll talk about the intersection of psychology and spirituality - particularly in those sacred moments where we’re naked and vulnerable. Jim will share about the new book he’s writing - part memoir, part exploration of how trauma can open us to mystical encounters with the divine.
Jim embodies contemplative wisdom so deeply that you’ll find your insides quieted by his very presence (I always do!).
To find out more about James Finley and his work, visit www.jamesfinley.org.
James Finely is such an articulate, compassionate teacher. Countless times he has helped me so very much. Thank you ☺️
Beautiful conversation, eternally grateful for sharing your insight into the unseen dimension of existence. 😇
Thank you both. As you both share,I feel a spark of what is being said.. Thank you for sharing.
I've learnt so much through CAC Richard James Cynthia Thomas keating and Merton and all the other's I've been introduced to through them. I'd given up on faith and now I know and believe. Thank you ❤❤❤
Sometimes I think he's too depressing for me to absorb easily, but with this particular talk I think there is good reason to hope for deep love and forgiveness in the face of unrelenting doubt and fear. I also really liked the ease and honest sincerity between the two of you. It speaks to your own goodness 'cause this is the first time I've ever watched you. Thank you for all your work for and with love.
Wonderful conversation. James Finley speaks of finding the person who's words resonate with you and boy is he that person for me. I have been both Christian and Buddhist and I hear our similar experiences in every word he says. I too had a violent father, he never touched my mother physically but he brutalised her psychologically; he was vioIent to my brother mainly but also to me. So I wish he could be my spiritual director as I think he would lead me on from where I am, however as I live in the uk I have little chance of that. I too had early spiritual experiences and have spent the rest of my life trying to understand "what just happened?" I have also had more recent experiences which told me that the substance of the universe is Love. This was a shattering experience. At the moment however, I feel as though the world is throwing many troubles at me and my 3 grown up children (I am a widow of 16 years) as if trying to disintegrate me (I even was run over by a car just last week!) but I will never again loose my loyalty to my own heart, especially now that I have heard James Finley speak. Thankyou for your podcast lovely one and may peace and blessings permeate every atom of your life. xx Julie
Thank u for your life and your sharing it with us
Such a lovely conversation - I love how he called therapy "meditation for two!"
So glad Jim Finley ventured out from the confines of the church, or Gethsemane way back when, such that we all get to be privy to his wisdom
Kelly. Thank you for being such a determined servant of truth
There is no one like Jim Finley....what a tremendous gift he is. Amen.
Insight upon insight. Amen
Beyond wonderful. Thank you I loved every minute Please have James back soon💕
Brings tears to my eyes. Mr Finley your words speak to my heart. Thank you God continue to bless you.
His contemplative wisdom is such a gift and I also find myself quiet in his presence. Thank you!
The incredible power of this podcast! I thank you both…I will listen again….”oh the depths and the ruches and the wisdom if God. How incomprehensible Her judgements…how unsearchable Her ways”…..and the beautiful words of the psalm, “You search me O God and You know me….”
Breath in me Breathe of God your presence in my depths of my soul breathing soul into the world☘️🕊️
Thank you, James and Kelly. ❤️💞
I am feeling deeply touched, beyond my words🙏❤️
So very grateful this came my way today. I will be looking for more!♥️
Wonderful! So moving and uplifting! Thank you
Love abounds from both speakers....gentle and touching. Thank you.
Love the depth of his sharing and sincerity ☘️🕊️
So inspirational. Thank you both❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏
Awesome!
So profound...
Rich awareness beautiful! Love it’s depths
As usual 🙏🙏🙏🙏👏❤️
I heard Mr Finley on a Turning to the Mystics Podcast say that if God stopped loving everyone in existence, then we would all simply vanish! I don't know who introduced the thought first, but years ago in the 1980s I remember watching a show by Carl Sagan (was an Atheist), called "Cosmos" and in a particular episode he was of course introducing everything from an Atheistic viewpoint, basing everything on human achievement, and first he spoke of all humans as "We", saying, "we are a single organism" and then he said, "If we all stop thinking all at the very same moment, we will all cease to exist." After he died his wife said that he said that he did not want to believe in God, he wanted to know. Evidently God did not share anything with him!
Affectionately I like to regard James as my spiritual Jonny Cash in that he amusingly looks remotely like him, 😊 but more to!the point, I did enjoy the pod cast for it candid and deeply relevant connection to the loneliness and trauma that I often run from, perhaps now I might stop and accept the love, oneness and healing that God through Christ can reach me with. Kelly, thank you so much. Harry
Beautiful, thank you
How beautiful! Thank you so much!!
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Beautiful stuff…brings me back to first meeting with Gerald May and Tilden Edwards.Thank you 🙏
This is what JESUS SAID love 1 another and this is how
From 49:45-57 the transcript has incorrect words and left some out. It sounds as if he is saying that he borrowed his mother's religious imagery. It is not understandable what he means by disassociating? Does he mean he thought he was not really accepting Catholicism in the way that his devout mother was? And what does he mean by disassociating? You can't explain such a complex problem stemming from childhood trauma in three confusing sentences?
Dissociation is a psychological process of the mind.
I have listened and read enough now, to know that James Finley is constantly mentioning his being rooted in Catholicism, even if he moreso uses the word Christianity. So that I don't understand what is meant by his mother's religious imagery and being disassociated in some Psychological way. It is true that no one has to listen to these programs if they are only going to be frustrated, but maybe he should have declined to tell Kelly he could answer such a question in one minute or less!!! She asked him if he had time to answer one more question. He presented something that he says he did not even discover until he was taking University Psychology courses!!!!!
Thank you both. As I watch and listen I feel a spark of what is being discussed. Thank you for sharing.
The Catholic faith is a dimension of Christianity.