The Hinge

11A. Noel Visits Jake

In these three episodes that belong together, Noel and Jake meet in the Isle of Wight. It is the first time the brothers meet in person since the start of the podcast. They share on chance encounters, personal practice, and not taking oneself too seriously. If one does, God will help you get off that high horse! Podcast Editor - Ger Kellett [https://www.instagrhttps://www.instagram.com/ger_kellett/am.com/ger_kellett/] FOLLOW AND SUPPORT THE SHOW Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thehingepodcast?igsh=NnAzcmF4M2h0Zmlk] Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheHingePodcast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@TheHingePodcast] Write to us at - thehingepodcast@gmail.com

10. The Contemplative Path

Noel and Jake explore connection and the contemplative path, emphasizing how ordinary, predictable things and the non-efforting presence of people can provide a sense of belonging and safety. Podcast Editor - Ger Kellett  [https://www.instagram.com/ger_kellett/] Show notes Everything is waiting for youYour great mistake is to act the dramaas if you were alone. As if lifewere a progressive and cunning crimewith no witness to the tiny hiddentransgressions. . . .(by David Whyte) FOLLOW AND SUPPORT THE SHOW  Patreon  [https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheHingePodcast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@TheHingePodcast]  Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thehingepodcast?igsh=NnAzcmF4M2h0Zmlk] Write to us at - thehingepodcast@gmail.com [thehingepodcast@gmail.com]

9. The Generosity of Silence

Jake and Noel reflect on the contemplative life as resting in the truth of reality. They discuss the transformative impact of silence. referencing a retreat with executives who profoundly valued eating in silence. Who knew that silence could speak so much? Podcast Editor - Ger Kellett [https://www.instagram.com/ger_kellett/] FOLLOW AND SUPPORT THE SHOW Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheHingePodcast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@TheHingePodcast] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thehingepodcast?igsh=NnAzcmF4M2h0Zmlk] Write to us at - thehingepodcast@gmail.com

8. Solitude

Jake and Noel discuss Herman Hesse’s perspective on creation as a  discharge of the living soul and the human need to make our mark, connecting creation to the desire to communicate the incommunicable and so feel less alone. They explore the distinction between loneliness and solitude on the spiritual path.  Podcast Editor - Ger Kellett [https://www.instagram.com/ger_kellett/] Show notes: In its origin a poem is something completely unequivocal. It is a discharge, a call, a cry, a sigh, a gesture, a reaction by which the living soul seeks to defend itself from or to become aware of an emotion, an experience. In this first spontaneous most important function no poem can be judged. It speaks first of all simply to the poet himself, it is his cry, his scream, his dream, his smile, his whirling fists. (by Hermann Hesse) Loneliness is the pain of being alone Solitude is the glory of being alone (John Moriarty) The pain of being alone is not being able to share your ideas with other people  (John Moriarty) FOLLOW AND SUPPORT THE SHOW Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thehingepodcast?igsh=NnAzcmF4M2h0Zmlk] Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheHingePodcast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@TheHingePodcast] Write to us at - thehingepodcast@gmail.com

7. Listening (The Ear of the Heart)

Noel and Jake exchange on the transformative nature of listening, defining it as an empathetic and tender act requiring presence and a willingness to be changed by the other person, citing Jake's reflection on an encounter with Henk and Noel’s reference to King Solomon's request for a listening heart. Podcast Editor - Ger Kellett [https://www.instagram.com/ger_kellett/] Listening Listening is a form of worship,  but you don't have to kneel  on the floor with folded hands  or mouth the perfect prayer.  Just open the door of yourself  to another, become the space they step through to show  you who they are. This is holiness: two people seated  together on the pew of a park  bench, or the altar of a  kitchen table. Even if no one  says a word for a while,  receive the silence until it's  like a new language only the  two of you can speak.    (by James Crews) FOLLOW AND SUPPORT THE SHOW Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thehingepodcast?igsh=NnAzcmF4M2h0Zmlk] Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheHingePodcast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@TheHingePodcast] Write to us at - thehingepodcast@gmail.com