Life As Spiritual Practice

Whether it's quarantine, shelter in place, or social distancing, how could this challenging and extraordinary time become a spiritual practice? I share some ideas of ways I am opening curiosity and vulnerability in what is an uncertain and scary time. I hope you'll join me, and then share the ways that are helping you keep your heart open in this season.

We think of game-playing as frivolous, indulgent, child-like. Game store owner and philosopher Kylie Prymus shares how games have changed his life, and will leave you wanting to find a game to play with your loved ones, to experience the rich field of relationship-building and spiritual insight that awaits you on the board. SHOW NOTES Games Unlimited [https://gamesunl.com/] Reiner Knizia [https://www.knizia.de/] Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster [https://isbndb.com/book/9781449363215] The Grasshopper: Games, Life, and Utopia by Bernard Suits [https://isbndb.com/book/9780879238407] TED Talk by Jane McGonigal [https://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world?language=en] Center for Play and Exploration [https://www.playandexploration.com/] We also mentioned the games Hanabi, Medium, and Mysterium

"Honoring mess" is a surprising phrase, one that jars with our mental image of a spiritual life that is structured, orderly, quiet. Mystic and change agent Preeta Banerjee shares how her experience with the divine feminine has invited her into a flexible, collaborative, creative way of being. You will find tools and inspiration to embrace every bit of life's messy reality in this interspiritual, inspiring conversation. SHOW LINKS Preeta’s Website [http://www.whiteleafadvisors.com/] Life As A Mix Master by Preeta Banerjee [https://www.amazon.com/Life-Mix-Master-Preeta-Banerjee/dp/1979988730/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=life%20as%20a%20mix%20master&qid=1582040280&sr=8-1] Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rage-becomes-her-soraya-chemaly/1127923014?ean=9781501189562#/] “The Guest House” by Rumi [https://onbeing.org/blog/the-hospitality-of-being-a-guest-house/] The Mystic Soul Project [https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/] Idea 2 Form Collaborative Design Studio [https://idea2form.com/] Brené Brown [https://brenebrown.com/] The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/celestine-prophecy-james-redfield/1100298181?ean=9781538730263#/] Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/big-magic-elizabeth-gilbert/1121030101?ean=9781594634727#/]

Photography can be a place of intimacy and relationship with the holy, if we slow down and open up to the image before us. Stephanie Bell shares her own transforming experiences with photography as a spiritual practice, and offers ways to play with this practice in our daily life. SHOW NOTES Stephanie’s Website [https://philoxenialife.com/] Allen Ginsberg [https://allenginsberg.org/] Eyes of the Heart: Photography As a Christian Contemplative Practice by Christine Valters Paintner [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/eyes-of-the-heart-christine-valters-paintner/1113525677] The Open Door [https://pghopendoor.org/] Garfield Community Farm [http://www.garfieldfarm.com/] Earth Monastery Project [https://abbeyofthearts.com/about/earth-monastery-project/] Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/let-your-life-speak-parker-j-palmer/1102548610?ean=9780787947354] This Life That Is Ours by Lauren Burdette [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/this-life-that-is-ours-upper-room/1129438219?ean=9780835818643]

In this conversation, Chichi Agorom makes the Enneagram accessible, shares her own journey from skeptic to teacher, and beautifully captures the graces she has experienced from engaging with this ancient tool. Whether you’ve never head of the Enneagram or have been studying it for years, you’ll find food for your soul. Show Notes Chichi’s Website [http://www.thinspaceco.com/] The Narrative Tradition of the Enneagram [https://www.enneagramworldwide.com/] Richard Rohr’s reflection on language and metaphor [https://cac.org/all-language-is-metaphor-2017-01-11/] Online Enneagram test [https://www.enneagramworldwide.com/test/] The Enneagram: Understanding Yourself & Others In Your Life by Helen Palmer [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-enneagram-helen-palmer/1000439447] Book a Type Discovery Session with Chichi [http://www.thinspaceco.com/learn]