All Things Contemplative
There is a contemplative dimension of life (CDL) to which we can awaken via nature, science, art, religion or otherwise. A religious person might say such awakening is a grace and of god’s will. Other’s that it is simply a human potentiality, common to all. This podcast explores how people and traditions understand the CDL and related practices; and how such practices can enrich life experience. HOST: Ron Barnett received a doctorate in psychology and worked for many years in medical research with the U.S. National Institutes of Health. He is a lifelong student and teacher of contemplative practices and the flourishing of human well-being. Ron served as a Board Trustee of Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. and Coordinator of its Chapter for metropolitan Washington DC. He now teaches with The Miksang Institute for Contemplative Photography. CONTACT: rbarnett@hey.com. BLOG: https://contemplativepodcast.posthaven.com/
Episodes
11 episodes
Episode 11: Contemplative Photography - A Brief Introduction
"I wish to photograph the world as it is, not as I think it is." - Ron BarnettRon is the Host of the All Things Contemplative podcast and tea...
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Episode 10: "Holy Smoke!" Holy Fire with Tom Yeomans
Thomas Yeomans, Ph.D. is the founder and director of the Concord Institute. His background includes education at Harvard, Oxford, and the University of California and professional work in the fields of literature, education, and psycholo...
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Episode 9: The Nature of Pilgrimage: Inner and Outer Landscapes - with Regina Roman
Regina Roman has been leading pilgrimages and designing travel/study programs since she was 18. She is a spiritual director at the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, author of published articles on pilgrimage and spirituality, and is an icon w...
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Episode 8: Abundant Living Here-Now with Joan Tollifson
Show NotesJoan Tollifson writes and talks about being awake to the aliveness and inconceivability of Here-Now—being just this moment, exactly as it is. Rather than relying on outside authorities, traditional ...
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Episode 8
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Episode 7: Retreat Practice at 8,000 Feet with Pat Johnson
Show Notes In 1982 Pat Johnson and family moved to the Lama Foundation in New Mexico and there two months later she met Fr. Thomas Keating. She served then as the Lama liaison for two 16-day centering prayer...
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Episode 6: Zen - The Religion of No-Religion with David Parks
Show NotesDavid Parks is the Director of Bluegrass Zen, one location of the Pacific Zen Institute in Waco, KY with groups in both Lexington and Berea, KY. He was a minister for many years in the United Church of Christ bef...
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Episode 5: Wilderness Mysticism with Stephen Hatch
Stephen Hatch, M.A. is a contemplative teacher, thinker, photographer and writer. For the past thirty years, he has have lived as a "Worldly Monk," combining family life with meditation, silence, solitary time spent hiking and camping in ...
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Episode 4: Marathon Swimming: The Inner Experience with Jim Clifford
“My mind was racing with a thousand thoughts. I was not sure how I would deal with the long, dark hours to come but I soon noticed that each hand pull stirred up the bioluminescence in the water and broke up the darkness below. After I ment...
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Episode 4
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Episode 3: Organization or Organism?: The Story of Contemplative Outreach with Gail Fitzpatrick-Hopler
Gail, now retired, was the president of Contemplative Outreach Ltd. (CO) for 33 years. CO is a spiritual network of individuals and small faith communities committed to living the contemplative dimension of the Christian Gospel. The common desi...
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