Soul Search explores contemporary religion and spirituality from the inside out — what we believe, how we express it, and the difference it makes in our lives
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Welcome to “It All Starts With A Soul Search” podcast, where we delve deep into the thought-provoking blog posts and video content from KindredSoulSearch.com. Join us as we explore themes of human connection, creativity, and the search for meaning in the modern world. Each episode offers a deep dive into the ideas and inspirations behind the posts, bringing the digital words to life with nuanced discussions and personal reflections. Whether you’re a longtime reader or a curious newcomer, thi ...
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Topics relating towards spiritual, financial, emotional growth. Evolving black females sharing their journeys and testimonies. Come catch this vibe sis ! Cover art photo provided by Bruno Thethe on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@bruthethe
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The Soul Searching Podcast by Ryan Dsouza
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Podcast by Thomas W E Budge
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Hosted by Dr. Aaron Rothstein and featuring expert guests, Searching for Medicine’s Soul explores medicine’s purpose: Why do physicians do what they do? How does the practice of medicine relate to scientific progress and human flourishing? The result is an in-depth analysis of the history and aim of medicine, and its collision with a thrilling and sometimes tragic age of discovery.
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Listen to short inspiring stories with real-life examples of real people. Have a positive start or end to your day with these stories.
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It is important to have balance in every area of our daily experience. To do that, one must work hard, have good relationships, have a healthy spiritual life, learn how to handle money and continue to grow personally as well as professionally. With the responsibilities and going through life experiences, we learn every day. Sharing those learning with everyone here.
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Soul Searchers is a podcast about life's biggest (and not so biggest) topics. From deep questions like - "What is the purpose of life?" "Is passion key to success?" and; "Who is God?" To not so deep questions like - “How can I win at adulting?” “Is college worth it?” and “Personality tests - Are they really useful at helping us become better people?" Soul Searchers seeks to answer these questions and so many more in a light hearted and spirited discussion between 3 thought provoking twenty s ...
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A podcast about life in your mid twenties. Just a girl living and trying to figure out what the fuck is going on.
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The Roman Stoic, playwright, orator, political advisor, and moral philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca was one of the most prolific writers in ancient times. His moral letters have had a particularly far-reaching effect throughout history, and still today they are among the most widely read philosophical writings. Now, join poet, musician, and philosopher Simon Drew as he returns to Seneca's epistles and explores their real value for the modern seeker.
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We zijn weer terug met Searching for the Soul of Gospel Part 2! Henk van Steeg en Giovanca Ostiana ontvangen geweldige gasten als Danny Vera, Typhoon, Karin Bloemen, Leo Blokhuis, gospelzangeres Muriel Blijd en meer. Samen nemen ze je mee in de verhalen over en achter de gospel. En er klinkt natuurlijk veel muziek. Ook live!
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Discovering the Slavic culture is not easy. Scientific sources are scarce, and oral tradition tainted by Judaeo-Christian point of view, imposed on our ancestors with fire and sword. Written sources come from historians or travellers looking at the culture of Slavs with the eyes of a witness, not a participant and usually from the perspective of a foreign (Roman, Arabic, Judeo-Christian) culture. Archaeological discoveries require interpretation by modern researchers which obviously blurs th ...
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AFFIRMATION 2 - I Can Face Today with Calm
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We all feel anxious at times. Use this affirmation to remind yourself that there is a calm, wise person deep within you that is capable of doing hard things. When hurt and guilt and shame lose their grip on you, this is who remains because this is who you are. Music credits: Of Woods and Seas by Alaskan Tapes…
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Music and the mystical with Cyprian Consiglio
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Is there a mantra that helps you meditate, or perhaps some music that helps you connect with your sense of the sacred? Music has a long and intimate relationship with spirituality, and has helped people throughout the ages and across faith traditions to access something of the divine.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Episode#11: A DeepDive into "A Daring Thought: The Truman Show & Why We Create?"
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The Truman Show is a metaphor for the timeless struggle between creators and their creations. Through the lens of Truman’s journey to self-awareness, we explore the delicate balance of control, freedom, and the bittersweet moment every creator must face—letting go. Visit kindredsoulsearch.com and subscribe to @KindredSoulSearch on YouTube.…
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We all get stuck in negative thinking at times. Use this affirmation to reclaim the truth about who you are. You are worthy of love simply because you're human. It's not about how successful you are. And it doesn't go away just because you fail. Love is never earned. It just IS. Music Credit: When the Earth Yelled Back at Me by Alaskan Tapes…
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The development of generative AI has opened a lot of questions about who we are as humans. What makes a human, human? What do we value? What does a flourishing future for us all even look like in this new technological age?Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Episode#10: A DeepDive into "The Thinnest Membrane Part2: Love, Connection, and the Boundless Inner World"
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Delve into the fragility of human connection and the complexities of love in a reflecting on a profound moment when KindredSoul's wife expressed feelings of drifting apart, sparking an exploration into the delicate balance between inner musings and outward communication. Visit kindredsoulsearch.com and subscribe to @KindredSoulSearch on YouTube.…
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Episode#9: A DeepDive into KindredSoulSearch.com's exploration "Fearless and Far"
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In this episode, we dive into the nature of fame in the digital age, inspired by KindredSoul's latest blog post. Join us as we explore the democratization of celebrity culture, from ancient global figures to modern digital influencers. Visit kindredsoulsearch.com and subscribe to @KindredSoulSearch on YouTube to stay tuned.…
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Episode#8: A DeepDive into KindredSoulSearch.com's exploration "The Search For A Kindred Soul"
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Dive deep into "The Search for a Kindred Soul," an exploration of human existence in the digital age. Examining how the internet connects us globally, we still remain grounded in the here & now, reflecting on the contrast between our physical presence and digital engagement. Visit kindredsoulsearch.com and subscribe to @KindredSoulSearch on YouTube…
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Episode#7: A DeepDive into KindredSoulSearch.com's exploration "The Core Of Inspiration"
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In this episode we explore how love and personal significance stand at the core of inspiration. From the symbolic importance of everyday objects to the transformative experience of shared rituals, we explore the ways these elements shape our identities. Visit kindredsoulsearch.com and subscribe to @KindredSoulSearch on YouTube.…
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Episode#6: A DeepDive into KindredSoulSearch.com's exploration "Recognizing The Seasons On A Saturday And Sunday Morning"
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Explore the beautiful, cyclical dance of nature and its profound parallels to our own lives. In this meditative journey, we reflect on how aligning ourselves with nature's rhythms can bring deeper understanding and harmony to our lives. Visit kindredsoulsearch.com and subscribe to @KindredSoulSearch on YouTube.…
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Episode#5: A DeepDive into KindredSoulSearch.com's exploration "A Journey Through Time and Consciousness"
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In this episode, we embark on a meditative journey through time, space, and consciousness. From the origins of sound and life to the evolution of human perception, join us as we explore how our sensory experiences connect us to the cosmic history of the universe. Visit kindredsoulsearch.com and subscribe to @KindredSoulSearch on YouTube.…
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Episode#4: A DeepDive into KindredSoulSearch.com's exploration "The Roles We Play"
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Language, a mosaic of syllables, conveys vivid imagery and telepathically stirs the recipient’s imagination, transforming sounds into meaningful communication. Misused words can break this melody, causing confusion and disconnect until clarity is restored. Visit kindredsoulsearch.com and subscribe to @KindredSoulSearch on YouTube.…
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Episode#3: A DeepDive into KindredSoulSearch.com's exploration "The Thinnest Membrane"
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In this episode of It All Starts with a Soul Search, we unravel a poetic meditation on light, consciousness, and the infinite interplay between the two. Dive deep into the cosmic mystery of how light acts as a silent witness to the universe and the human experience. Visit kindredsoulsearch.com and subscribe to @KindredSoulSearch on YouTube.…
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Episode#2: A DeepDive into KindredSoulSearch.com's exploration "Watching A Bunch Of TV Bloopers"
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TV bloopers offer a universal language of laughter, connecting us in our shared imperfections. As digital platforms reshape how we create and consume content, these moments reveal deeper truths about human creativity, resilience, and our evolving interconnectedness. Visit kindredsoulsearch.com and subscribe to @KindredSoulSearch on YouTube.…
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Episode#1: A DeepDive into KindredSoulSearch.com's exploration "Have a Beautiful Time"
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Welcome to the debut episode of “It all starts with a soul search.” In this thought-provoking introduction, we invite you on a journey through the intricate dance of existence, exploring the delicate threads that weave our shared human experience. Visit kindredsoulsearch.com and subscribe to @KindredSoulSearch on YouTube to stay tuned.…
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Making new realities with role-playing games and the internet
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Embodying a character in games like Dungeons and Dragons "exercises the empathy muscle" and helps us expand our sense of self — at least according to the Dungeon Master Pastor. Even regular internet use provides ample opportunity to play with who we are and what might be possible.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Volunteers make the world go round! Most people undertake volunteer work at some point in their lives, but some religious traditions particularly emphasise the importance of service to others.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Monarchy and its religious critics
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In the wake of the King's visit to Australia, we're once again debating questions that get to the heart of Australian government and identity. These aren't just political questions — they're spiritual too.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Nuns now — the reality and future of vowed religious life
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It's becoming rare to see a nun or Catholic sister out and about, but our continuing fascination with women religious is reflected in mass media. What's it really like to be a religious sister in the 21st Century?Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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In this episode, Aaron is joined by Dr. Carl Elliott, author and philosophy professor at the University of Minnesota. They discuss how medical education can corrupt character, Dr. Elliott’s experience as a whistleblower, and his latest book, The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No, which explores the histo…
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There's an intangible sense of connection and interrelationship between things that's just as important as the things themselves. Depicting these relationships in art is a perennial challenge, and inspires us to new heights of creativity.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Charlotte Bismuth on Prosecuting the Opioid Crisis
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On this episode, Aaron is joined by Charlotte Bismuth, author of Killer in a White Coat: The True Story of New York's Deadliest Pill Pusher and the Team That Brought Him to Justice. Bismuth discusses the profit motive behind the opioid crisis and her decision to prosecute Dr. Stan Li, whose criminal medical practice in New York led to 16 overdoses …
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There can be a kind of grief and overwhelm at the violence happening in the world right now. Much of it is distressing — and often it feels like so little can be done on an everyday level. But in the day to day, are there ways we can practise peace, within ourselves, and in our communities?Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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It's a commonly held belief that play is just for children, but for many adults it's a path to self-awareness and creativity. Play is a joyous way of spending time, and more than that, a way of being fully human and connecting with the divine.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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STRIPPED - An Audio Drama Podcast
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Immerse yourself in Stripped, South Africa's first feature-length audio drama, produced by Baird Media, now streaming on https://startlivingmy.life/stripped and all major platforms.Based on the life of Thomas W E Budge, Stripped tells the gripping story of one man's defiance against apartheid-era conscription in 1971 and his struggle to break free …
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Food and the ordinary rituals of belief
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Food is a basic need, but also more than just a way of nourishing the body. The food on our plates and the drinks in our cups tell us all kinds of things about who we are and what we believe.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Dive deeper into the turbulent backdrop of apartheid South Africa in the early 1970s with this companion podcast. Thomas W E Budge explores the tense relationships between key political figures, the Watchtower Society, and the apartheid regime, focusing on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ defiance of conscription and the persecution of homosexuals.Gain a riche…
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In this companion podcast, Thomas W E Budge reflects on the personal and societal reasons behind the creation of Stripped. As a teenager detained for resisting conscription in apartheid South Africa, Thomas shares how the control of both the apartheid regime and the Watchtower Society impacted young Jehovah’s Witnesses.Stripped is not just a story …
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Thomas W E Budge’s story isn’t just one of personal triumph; it’s a powerful exposé of harmful religious doctrines and a source of encouragement for those marginalised and victimised for their differences.Unlike typical South African podcasts, Stripped breaks new ground as the country’s first feature-length audio drama. Produced by Baird Media, it …
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Forgiveness, remorse and the reparative quest after apartheid
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In post-apartheid South Africa, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela is asking, when is forgiveness possible, and where does that leave the search for justice? These questions have sent her on what she calls the "reparative quest", seeking answers from people on opposite sides of the atrocity.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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"The gap that defined my life" — women advocating for women
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What happens when your deepest convictions aren't reflected in the society around you — how do you navigate that gap? Academic Farjana Mahbuba and entrepreneur Mariam Mohammed have been living out this question in their pursuit for gender equality.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Maps tell us all kinds of things about the places they describe. Growing up in Central Australia, Kim Mahood was fascinated by maps. Now map-making has become a collaborative project for her and a way of honouring the complexities of remote desert life.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Unpacking white mindfulness and a white God
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Mindfulness has become a big deal in the West — after all, it's been shown to reduce stress. But some practitioners of colour are critiquing how mindfulness has become accommodated to systems of whiteness. Similarly, postcolonial theologians are challenging Christian conceptions of God as a white man, and the consequences that has for our society.…
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Do you remember the day, in 1990, when Nelson Mandela walked free from a South African prison? On Soul Search, we meet Rabbi Ralph Genende and Pearl Proud, both of whom grew up in apartheid South Africa. They've been in pursuit of healing, and reckoning with racial injustice.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Look up! The night sky, astronomy and awe
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There’s something mystical about the night sky. The field of astronomy can veer pretty close to the big question of the origins of the universe. Staring up at celestial bodies prompts us to wonder about the kind of universe we live in, and who we are in the midst of it.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Can we make meaning together anymore?
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Australia is often described as one of the most multicultural societies in the world — but as our many cultures and spiritualities slam together, how do we navigate those points of difference to tell a common story?Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Mindfulness in daily life — Brother Phap Hai
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Join Meredith Lake and Brother Phap Hai on a mindful walk around Mountain Spring Buddhist monastery – a community of mostly Vietnamese monastics in the Plum Village tradition, founded by the late Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh in 2020.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Dr. Joyce del Rosario has returned to her hometown of Seattle after being away for a while. She had a career serving under-resourced youth in the city and then at-risk moms in the Bay Area. She also earned a PhD in theology and taught at a prestigious seminary, but things changed and she's come home to find her way again. What can food say about wh…
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Being fully alive with Elizabeth Oldfield
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What does it mean to be fully alive? Elizabeth Oldfield has ditched the conventional script of what life can look like — instead choosing to live in what she calls a "micro-monastery".Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Doing public theology on Aboriginal land
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National NAIDOC Week has its roots in the public theology of William Cooper, but what does it mean to do Christian theology on Aboriginal land?Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Over 600,000 Australians visited Japan in 2023, and most of them visited a temple or shrine — even though they wouldn’t normally do that back home. But what's the etiquette when visiting a sacred place, and what do Japanese people think?Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Aboriginal ministry — the who, what and how
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Christians often use the word "ministry" to describe the work of the clergy, but in Aboriginal contexts, its meaning is more expansive. There are hundreds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples right across these lands now called Australia engaged in ministry work, but much of it is unpaid, and might not fit into non-Indigenous ideas of w…
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How can we find spiritual community?
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How do we make and find meaning alongside one another, in community? We live in a society that's becoming increasingly atomised in all kinds of spheres. But what might it look like if we, instead, paid attention to the social — and spiritual — dimensions of life together? Sharon Hollis and Charissa Suli each have unique life experiences that speak …
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Chinese wisdom for turbulent times
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What does it mean to live skilfully in a world that's constantly changing? And what wisdom can Chinese philosophy offer to this question? We meet a philosopher and a master calligrapher, who have a go at tackling these big questions.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Embracing silence in a noisy world
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Today, we're taking a break from all the noise and distraction – to pay attention to the quality of silence. Why is so precious in so many of the world's spiritual traditions? And where, or how, do we find it? An artist shares her encounter with a transforming silence in Antarctica, and a Quaker shares her habits around seeking silence.…
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Cultivating curiosity with Amy-Jill Levine
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How do you cultivate curiosity? That mindset has propelled Amy-Jill Levine through a lifetime of discovery. She's learned about all kinds of things, but especially about sacred texts, and the people who read them. Today, Amy-Jill is a distinguished professor of New Testament and Jewish studies.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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From Iraq to Alice Springs — a pilgrim for peace
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When Donna Mulhearn quit her job to go travelling, she found herself on an unusual path. First, to an Irish monastery, then to Baghdad during the Iraq War where she volunteered as a human shield. Later, she would break into a highly secure facility in Australia's Red Centre, all in the name of peace — and her pilgrimage isn't over yet. Donna Mulhea…
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Queer flourishing as resistance with Benjamin Oh
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"It's not coming out, but inviting in." For Benjamin Oh, storytelling is an act of courage and hospitality, sharing his multilayered identity: gay, Chinese, Catholic. Benjamin has been an advocate for LGBTIQ+ people inside the Catholic Church and beyond for 20 years. Benjamin Oh is co-Chair of Equal Voices, a national ecumenical alliance of LGBTIQA…
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How much stuff is too much? It's a question rarely asked here in the 'Lucky Country', but it has become central to the life of Jonathan Cornford, a political economist and theologian exploring new ways of thinking about money and consumption. Dr Jonathan Cornford is a political economist, historian and theologian. He's also the co-founder of Manna …
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The science and spirituality of mindfulness
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The nature of consciousness is a subject of enormous interest to both science and religion. Modern, secular mindfulness techniques have their foundation in ancient Buddhist thought, but it's only recently that neuroscientists have given serious attention to what actually happens in the brain when we meditate. Dr Sara Lazar is Associate Professor of…
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