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Matthew Fox presents... One River, Many Wells
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Abstract:
Recording of a lecture Matthew Fox gave on Creation Spirituality and Original Blessing at the Mile Hi Church. Topics include spiritual wisdom, education, imagination, climate change, cosmology, the body versus the spirit, light, mysticism, Judaism, African and Indigenous tradition, Maat, compassion, spiritual warrior, and myth.
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Recording of a lecture Matthew Fox gave on Creation Spirituality and Original Blessing at the Mile Hi Church. Topics include spiritual wisdom, education, imagination, climate change, cosmology, the body versus the spirit, light, mysticism, Judaism, African and Indigenous tradition, Maat, compassion, spiritual warrior, and myth.
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00:00:00 Audio begins with Roger Teel of Mile Hi Church introducing Matthew Fox and Creation spirituality, as well as providing building and event logistics to the audience. 00:05:09 Matthew Fox begins the talk broadly addressing Deep Ecumenism. He uses Eckhart, chakras, various religious theology, science, and mysticism as inspiration. 00:10:39 Fox discusses the impetus for starting his institute, Masters, and Doctor of Ministry. 00:11:20 Fox discusses words by the Dalai Lama and the Celts concerning faith and spirituality. Fox connects the idea of running on knowledge rather than wisdom to ecological destruction and police brutality. 00:12:41 Fox gives an example of the lack of wisdom in religious/academic spaces. Fox uses a quote of Thomas Berry and an anecdote about physicists to expand on academia's lack of wisdom. 00:15:01 Fox discusses his book One River Many Wells, climate change, and ecological disaster. 00:17:09 Fox ties his discussion back into spirituality and the need for a spiritual awakening. 00:17:43 Fox briefly lists the themes in his new book: Deep Ecumenism, creation, light, community, multiple names of God, Feminine face of divinity, wisdom, meditation, imagination, joy, suffering, beauty, sacred sexuality, dying, resurrection, reincarnation, compassion, and spiritual warriorhood. 00:18:35 Fox discusses Deep Ecumenism. Fox mentions the Dalai Lama, Nicholas of Cusa, Rumi, and Hafez of examples of mystics and thinkers who saw similarity in all spirituality which Fox connects back to the idea of different wells connected to the same deep river. 00:23:21 Fox discusses Howard Thurman his philosophy, history, and activism. 00:25:04 Fox discusses creation and connects it to food production, topsoil degradation, science, and gratitude. 00:27:14 Fox reads a passage of Fyodor Dostoevsky concerning creation and love and comments on its meaning as wisdom literature. 00:29:17 Fox discusses the wisdom tradition in Israel. 00:29:38 Fox quotes Thomas Aquinas and Meister Eckhart to again point of nature as integral to religious practice. 00:30:49 Fox discusses the significance of four legged animals as teachers and spiritual guides. 00:31:52 Fox discusses why Judaism (salvation) is now in opposition to Paganism (nature). 00:34:21 Fox discusses a Th?ch Nh?t H?nh quote regarding cosmology and creation inherent in the individual. 00:36:30 Fox connects the cosmology in the individual to his belief in the flesh not being evil. Fox discusses the flesh as a blessing. 00:37:55 Fox discusses the relationship between matter (the body) and spirit. 00:40:22 Fox discusses the African, Indigenous, and Celtic traditions belief in the scaredness of the cosmos. 00:41:03 Fox discusses the idea of light being behind all matter. 00:43:39 Fox discusses postmodern technology light as that can be used for sacred purposes and connects this to rave community practices. 00:44:36 Fox discusses medieval Jewish mystical work and light. 00:45:13 Fox discuses light and divinity. 00:46:11 Fox mentions the passing of his mother and discusses the experience in relationship to life and light. 00:47:14 Fox goes back to the discussion the role of intoxication in spirituality through a Hafez quote. Fox connects this to his Techno Mass practices. 00:49:55 Fox discusses the kabbalah and the holy imagination. 00:50:51 Fox discusses Jose Hobday's teaching on not domesticating animals and connecting that to societies attempts at domesticating nature and God as antithetical to spirituality. 00:52:24 Fox discusses horror movies as a byproduct of not being connected to the universe and lacking wilderness. 00:54:19 Fox brings the discussion back to the holy imagination. 00:55:09 Fox discusses the state of education as it relates to spirituality and imagination. 00:59:23 Fox expands on imagination and creativity through discussions of chaos as truth. 01:00:47 Fox reads a poem about the artist and makes comments. 01:01:40 Fox reads a passage from Hafez about the artist and makes comments. 01:02:42 Fox reads a passage from and African tradition theology about music and the divine and makes comments. 01:03:16 Fox begins talking about the theme of compassion and service. Fox uses quotes by the Dalai Lama, Rabbi Heschel, psalms, Hindu scriptures, Julian of Norwich, Black Elk, and Eckhart to express the significance of compassion as action and interdependence. Fox discusses compassion as nonspecific to one theology but foundational in all. 01:09:48 Fox discusses the religious concept Maat (balance, justice, harmony, dignity, and respect) in the Egyptian/African tradition. 01:11:05 Fox begins speaking about the last theme of spiritual warriorhood. Fox discusses the difference between a soldier and a warrior. 01:15:40 Fox discusses the bravery inherent in the warrior. 01:16:28 Fox discusses the significance of wailing. 01:17:08 Fox discusses the generosity of the warrior. 01:18:28 Fox quotes Hafez to illustrate the warrior sticking around for the difficult times. 01:19:13 Fox discusses strength inherent in all of us as the warrior. 01:21:06 Fox discusses couch-potato-itis as a symptom of our consumerist culture. as the inverse of the warrior spirit. 01:21:55 Fox concludes his talk about his book. He discusses myth and Q source ideology as inspirations for his conclusion in his book. He discusses the themes of his book being myths. 01:26:58 End of recording.
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00:00:00 Audio begins with Roger Teel of Mile Hi Church introducing Matthew Fox and Creation spirituality, as well as providing building and event logistics to the audience. 00:05:09 Matthew Fox begins the talk broadly addressing Deep Ecumenism. He uses Eckhart, chakras, various religious theology, science, and mysticism as inspiration. 00:10:39 Fox discusses the impetus for starting his institute, Masters, and Doctor of Ministry. 00:11:20 Fox discusses words by the Dalai Lama and the Celts concerning faith and spirituality. Fox connects the idea of running on knowledge rather than wisdom to ecological destruction and police brutality. 00:12:41 Fox gives an example of the lack of wisdom in religious/academic spaces. Fox uses a quote of Thomas Berry and an anecdote about physicists to expand on academia's lack of wisdom. 00:15:01 Fox discusses his book One River Many Wells, climate change, and ecological disaster. 00:17:09 Fox ties his discussion back into spirituality and the need for a spiritual awakening. 00:17:43 Fox briefly lists the themes in his new book: Deep Ecumenism, creation, light, community, multiple names of God, Feminine face of divinity, wisdom, meditation, imagination, joy, suffering, beauty, sacred sexuality, dying, resurrection, reincarnation, compassion, and spiritual warriorhood. 00:18:35 Fox discusses Deep Ecumenism. Fox mentions the Dalai Lama, Nicholas of Cusa, Rumi, and Hafez of examples of mystics and thinkers who saw similarity in all spirituality which Fox connects back to the idea of different wells connected to the same deep river. 00:23:21 Fox discusses Howard Thurman his philosophy, history, and activism. 00:25:04 Fox discusses creation and connects it to food production, topsoil degradation, science, and gratitude. 00:27:14 Fox reads a passage of Fyodor Dostoevsky concerning creation and love and comments on its meaning as wisdom literature. 00:29:17 Fox discusses the wisdom tradition in Israel. 00:29:38 Fox quotes Thomas Aquinas and Meister Eckhart to again point of nature as integral to religious practice. 00:30:49 Fox discusses the significance of four legged animals as teachers and spiritual guides. 00:31:52 Fox discusses why Judaism (salvation) is now in opposition to Paganism (nature). 00:34:21 Fox discusses a Th?ch Nh?t H?nh quote regarding cosmology and creation inherent in the individual. 00:36:30 Fox connects the cosmology in the individual to his belief in the flesh not being evil. Fox discusses the flesh as a blessing. 00:37:55 Fox discusses the relationship between matter (the body) and spirit. 00:40:22 Fox discusses the African, Indigenous, and Celtic traditions belief in the scaredness of the cosmos. 00:41:03 Fox discusses the idea of light being behind all matter. 00:43:39 Fox discusses postmodern technology light as that can be used for sacred purposes and connects this to rave community practices. 00:44:36 Fox discusses medieval Jewish mystical work and light. 00:45:13 Fox discuses light and divinity. 00:46:11 Fox mentions the passing of his mother and discusses the experience in relationship to life and light. 00:47:14 Fox goes back to the discussion the role of intoxication in spirituality through a Hafez quote. Fox connects this to his Techno Mass practices. 00:49:55 Fox discusses the kabbalah and the holy imagination. 00:50:51 Fox discusses Jose Hobday's teaching on not domesticating animals and connecting that to societies attempts at domesticating nature and God as antithetical to spirituality. 00:52:24 Fox discusses horror movies as a byproduct of not being connected to the universe and lacking wilderness. 00:54:19 Fox brings the discussion back to the holy imagination. 00:55:09 Fox discusses the state of education as it relates to spirituality and imagination. 00:59:23 Fox expands on imagination and creativity through discussions of chaos as truth. 01:00:47 Fox reads a poem about the artist and makes comments. 01:01:40 Fox reads a passage from Hafez about the artist and makes comments. 01:02:42 Fox reads a passage from and African tradition theology about music and the divine and makes comments. 01:03:16 Fox begins talking about the theme of compassion and service. Fox uses quotes by the Dalai Lama, Rabbi Heschel, psalms, Hindu scriptures, Julian of Norwich, Black Elk, and Eckhart to express the significance of compassion as action and interdependence. Fox discusses compassion as nonspecific to one theology but foundational in all. 01:09:48 Fox discusses the religious concept Maat (balance, justice, harmony, dignity, and respect) in the Egyptian/African tradition. 01:11:05 Fox begins speaking about the last theme of spiritual warriorhood. Fox discusses the difference between a soldier and a warrior. 01:15:40 Fox discusses the bravery inherent in the warrior. 01:16:28 Fox discusses the significance of wailing. 01:17:08 Fox discusses the generosity of the warrior. 01:18:28 Fox quotes Hafez to illustrate the warrior sticking around for the difficult times. 01:19:13 Fox discusses strength inherent in all of us as the warrior. 01:21:06 Fox discusses couch-potato-itis as a symptom of our consumerist culture. as the inverse of the warrior spirit. 01:21:55 Fox concludes his talk about his book. He discusses myth and Q source ideology as inspirations for his conclusion in his book. He discusses the themes of his book being myths. 01:26:58 End of recording.
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Gratitude--Religious aspects
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