Marianne Williamson
You can see Marianne talking at the Aspen Chapel below
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For more than four decades, Marianne Williamson has been a leader of spiritually progressive circles. She is the author of 16 books, four of which have been #1 New York Times best sellers: A Woman’s Worth, The Law of Divine Compensation, Tears to Triumph and The Gift of Change. With her books and online classes she has taught millions of people the universal spiritual principles at the heart of miracle-minded thinking.
You can get more resources from Marianne here: https://marianne.com/
In the video on the left you can see Marianne's challenge to us at the moment. (about 5 minutes)
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Tim Shriver |
Tim leads the Special Olympics International Board of Directors, and together with 6 million Special Olympics athletes in more than 200 countries, promotes health, education, and a more unified world through the joy of sport.
Tim also founded the Dignity Index designed to reduce divisions in the world. You can sign up to be a part of that here: https://www.dignity.us/ |
Mirabai Starr
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Mirabai Starr, MA, is an author, translator of the mystics, and a leading voice in the interspiritual movement, using fresh, lyrical language to help make timeless wisdom accessible to a contemporary circle of seekers.
She has received critical acclaim for her revolutionary new translations of Dark Night of the Soul, by 16th-century Spanish mystic St. John of the Cross; The Interior Castle and The Book of My Life, by St. Teresa of Avila; and The Showings of Julian of Norwich.
In the video you can see Mirabai's advice to us at the moment. (about 5 minutes)
You can sign up for her weekly emails here: https://mirabaistarr.com/
Click here for Mirabai's new series with Matthew Fox and others.
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Cynthia Bourgeault |
Cynthia Bourgeault is a modern day mystic, Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally acclaimed retreat leader. She divides her time between solitude in her seaside hermitage in Maine and a demanding schedule traveling globally to spread the recovery of the Christian contemplative and Wisdom paths. She has been honored as one of the 100 most spiritually influential living people in 2021. You cand find out more here: https://www.cynthiabourgeault.org/ |
Matthew Fox |
Matthew Fox is the founder of the Center for Creation Spirituality. He has written44 books that have been translated into 68 languages and have sold millions of copies and by the mid-1990s had attracted a "huge and diverse following".
You can link in with Matthew's daily meditations here: https://www.matthewfox.org/
Click here to find out about Matthew's new series with Mirabai Starr |
Sherri Mitchell
Watch Sherri explaining the idea of the 'Sacred March' here:
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Sherri L. Mitchell - Weh'na Ha'mu Kwasset is a Penobscot lawyer, author, teacher and activist from Main.
She is the author of Sacred Instructions; Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change, a narrative of 'Indigenous Wisdom' that provides "a road map for the spirit and a compass of compassion for humanity."
In the video Sherri speaks of the idea of the 'Sacred March (about 5 minutes)
You can link in with Sherri here: https://www.sacredinstructions.life/ |
Cyprian Consiglio
Watch Cyprian talk about the challenge we are now facing here:
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Cyprian is a Camaldolese monk, musician, author and teacher. Musically he is a singer, a guitarist, a composer, recording artist and producer. Most of his music and his teaching revolve around the Universal Call to Contemplation and Universal Wisdom as taught by Bede Griffiths, an English monk who spent the second half of his life in India helping to establish a Hindu-Christian ashram, Saccidananda Ashram, Shantivanam. Just as Fr Bede and his predecessors sought to be bridges between the world's great religious traditions, Cyprian, through his retreat and teaching work and through his music hopes to foster contemplative experiences through the music, meditation, and the study of sacred texts from many different traditions. He served ten and half years as prior of his community at New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur.
He now lives in Rome where he will be serving as the Secretary General for Monastic Interreligious Dialogue.
On the video you can see Cyprian's perspective (about 5 minutes)
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Andre Harvey |
Andrew Harvey is Founder and Director of The Institute for Sacred Activism, an international organization focused on inviting concerned people to take up the challenge of our contemporary global crises by becoming inspired, effective, and practical agents of institutional and systemic change, in order to create peace and sustainability.
Sacred Activism is a transforming force of compassion-in-action that is born of a fusion of deep spiritual knowledge, courage, love, and passion, with wise radical action in the world. The large-scale practice of Sacred Activism can become an essential force for preserving and healing the planet and its inhabitants.
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Shane Claiborne |
Shane Claiborne is a prominent speaker, activist, and best-selling author. Shane worked with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, and founded The Simple Way in Philadelphia. He heads up Red Letter Christians, a movement of folks who are committed to living "as if Jesus meant the things he said." Shane is a champion for grace which has led him to jail advocating for the homeless, and to places like Iraq and Afghanistan to stand against war. Now grace fuels his passion to end the death penalty and help stop gun violence.
You can access his gatherings here:
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Heather and Nicholas Vesey |
Heather and Nicholas work out of the Aspen Chapel and founded this Wisdom from the Top of the World Website. You can see more information about them and this website here by clicking here
They offer a weekly program of 20-minute videos that you can access by clicking here. |
Susan Aposhyan
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Though Susan studied psychology, dance, dance therapy, yoga and bodywork, it was the
study of Body-Mind Centering, developed by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen which allowed her to bring her interests of body and mind together into a cohesive whole.
For twenty years, Susan taught at the Naropa University where she was the founding director of the Somatic Psychology Masters program.
In the video Susan gives advice as to how to lean into our experience of what is happening (about 5 minutes).
More about Susan here:
https://susanaposhyan.com
https://www.instagram.com/susanaposhyan/
https://www.youtube.com/@SusanAposhyan
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Sam Vesey is a trans woman at Skidmore college in NY. She has formed a trans women support group and is engaged with the current issues around the freedom to be trans. |
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Zenki Christian Dillo is a Zen teacher in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and a teacher of Hua Shan Taoist Qigong.
He is the author of the book 'The Path of Aliveness: A Contemporary Zen Approach to Awakening Body and Mind' (Shambala Publications, May 2022
Zenki began his Zen practice in 1996 at the San Francisco Zen Center. For 20 years, he practiced monastically at the Crestone Mountain Zen Center.
In 2013, he received dharma transmission from Zentatsu Baker Roshi.
More info at https://www.boulderzen.org/teacher
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Andrew Scott is the Founder and Executive Director of the Open Mind Project, a non-profit corporation that promotes critical thinking and compassionate dialogue between people of all faiths and perspectives. This spiritual diplomacy includes a reach of over a million followers on social media.
OMP examines the personal and environmental effects of religious beliefs and culturally embedded narratives and works with religious leaders and lay-people to promote contextual understanding of faith and religious narratives and encourages peaceful and compassionate engagement. Scott specializes in the psychology and sociology of Religion.
He received his Master of Divinity at the Pacific School of Religion at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. His studies include International affairs, Christian Theology, Islamic Philosophy and History, Buddhist meditation, theory and history, anthropology, and the psychology of religion.
https://www.openmindproject.com/
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