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Audio Resources: CD Sets of Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault's Teaching
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Most of these CD sets have been recorded at live teaching sessions with Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault. As a there may be some variability in volume and some minor background noises.
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Christophany - East Coast Meditation Retreat (12 CD set) - live recording
Recorded live at Contemplative Outreach Meditation Retreat, Orange County, NY, October 30 – November 7, 2009
During each era there arrives a profound Christian thinker who reshapes our worldview and subsequent relationship with the Divine. Raimon Panikkar, son of a Catholic mother and Hindu father, is a pioneer in East-West dialogue. In his book, Christophany: The Fullness of Man, he claims that the Trinity is the symbol par excellence of Christian advaita, or non-dualism. His work is a pioneering effort toward articulating Christian consciousness within a non-dual meta-physics. In this intensive series of presentations and discussions, the profound content of Panikkar’s material is made accessible for those seeking spiritual depth. Cynthia Bourgeault deftly conveys Panikkar’s cosmology and the inherent wisdom of its unitive and mystical paradigm, simplifying both facets into useful adaptations for our own Christian journey.
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Read Cynthia’s notes on Raimon Panikkar's book Christophany: Fullness of Man:
Going Deeper Into the Mystery of Christ (5 CD Set) - live recording
In this teaching series Cynthia Bourgeault emphasizes the importance of renewing our understanding of the Cosmic Christ who is an icon of unitive coherence as witnessed in the Pauline texts of the Bible. She uncovers the theme of the awakening of non-dual perception in the scrolls of the Nag Hammadi, in 5th & 6th century Syriac texts and in the esoteric wisdom of the world’s religious traditions as well as in the contemporary Christian practice of Centering Prayer. Central to this perception is the kenotic path taught by Jesus. Kenotic, out-pouring love is at the heart of the Trinity and the Eucharist. Cynthia concludes with a discussion on practical ways we might live out this teaching.
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From Healing to Holiness (5 CD set) - live recording
In this CD, we are introduced to the foundational elements of Centering Prayer and its extraordinary capacity to bring about psychological healing. Based on the work of Fr. Thomas Keating. Cynthia Bourgeault explores the concepts of the unloading of the unconscious, the dismantling of the false self, and the gifts of the Spirit that are released as the layers of egoic bands are loosened through the regular practice of Centering Prayer. By examining the process of the kenotic response, or self-emptying, and the role of the heart in healing, Cynthia offers an approach to personal transformation, based on the essential teaching and being of Jesus, and its great relevance to our time.
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Encountering The Wisdom Jesus (6 CD set) - audiobook
Available for online purchase through Amazon. Click the CD cover for order information.
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“Dear Cynthia, In preaching the passion yesterday, I called heavily on your teachings that were recorded in the “Wisdom Jesus” series. I must say that your wisdom approach to holy week has changed my life and that of the congregation I serve. I have told many friends how you have singlehandedly rescued Christianity for me, and that isn’t an understatement. I just thought it would be nice to let you know that, especially in lieu of the fact we are now in Holy Week, and that is clearly where your impact on my ministry has been so significant...”
- from an Episcopal Priest
Cynthia’s book, "The Wisdom Jesus", is available for online purchase through Shambhala Publications.
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The Cloud Of Unknowing (7 CD set) - live recording
Written by an anonymous Christian mystic in medieval England, the Cloud of Unknowing provides profound advice and instruction for all persons on the contemplative path. The author believed that the cloud of unknowing that appears to separate us from God cannot be penetrated with the intellect but only through a form of love. Cynthia Bourgeault offers an introduction to the core teachings in this classic text of Christian mysticism, showing how it remains as relevant today as when it was written in the fourteenth century. The topics covered include an examination of the relationship between the active life and the contemplative life; the nature of sorrow of being that may arise in contemplative practice; and the role of apophatic love in the centering prayer practice.
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Deepening The Silence (3 CD set) - live recording
As we discover that form can never fully satisfy our hunger, we face our yearning and encounter the silence where all things are held. This energetic field of the saints flows through our life and beyond our death. Silence is not the backdrop, it is Presence itself – not an “it” but a “thou”. We are not alone. It is impossible for the ego to perceive this deeper place but willingness, attention, letting go, and gratitude will be our guide. Suggested reading: "Silence" by Robert Sardello.
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Letting Go – How Far Can It Take You? (3 CD set) - live recording
Letting go – how far can it take you? is the question Cynthia Bourgeault poses and explores in an analysis of the journey which we begin at birth and continue to the death of the body. Drawing particularly from Helen Luke’s book Old Age: Journey into Simplicity as well as John S. Donne’s Four Consents , Cynthia offers a transformative alternative to the North American obsession with staying young, fearing aging, and denying death. As we practice letting go of our attachments we discover that all is tenderly held in God’s love and in wholeness. The welcoming practice, another tool of transformation, is also discussed.
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Relearning Surrender (3 CD set) - live recording
When we surrender and yield, we are putting ourselves in the company of Christ and Mary and all those who modeled this for us in their lives. Cynthia Bourgeault guides us to look deeply at Centering Prayer “the prayer of the experience of surrender,” as well as other meditative prayer practices, to better understand surrender as a gesture of love. By taking a fresh look at pain, pleasure, and personal boundaries, we discover our interconnectedness with God and all human beings, accessible only through spiritual surrender.
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The Essentials of Benedictine Spirituality (5 CD set) - live recording
Cynthia Bourgeault reconstructs Benedictine Spirituality, with its creative rhythms, patterns, and musical emphasis, as a practical form of spirituality to be used by all. Learn the key difference between chanting and speaking the psalms and additional practices to achieve Benedictine balance and transformation in everyday life. Subjects include: The Three Vows of Benedictine Life, the Three Values of Benedictine Community, and Work and Prayer Life – Alone and with Others.
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Mary Magdalene & the Path of Conscious Love (10 CD set) - live recording
PLEASE NOTE:
Due to the background noise and audio variability noticable in this CD set, the original price has been reduced by 25%.
Join Cynthia Bourgeault as she takes us on a vivid in-depth journey through the Canonical and Gnostic Gospels to reclaim the highly esteemed Mary Magdalene of the early church, and to reveal her role as principal teacher and apostle. Learn to see both Mary Magdalene and Jesus with new eyes and to understand Jesus' teaching on 'relationship' with others as a tool for transformation.
Through this CD set, Cynthia leads us to uncover a "vision of Christianity based on transformative and redemptive love, versus renunciation and judgment -- a Christianity based on what connects us rather than what separates us".
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On Thomas Merton (2 CD set) - live recording
In this CD set, Cynthia Bourgeault explores teachings from A Thomas Merton Reader, edited by Thomas P. McDonnell. Topics include: true self/false self, purification by friction, compassion, shadow work, love, life between the tensions, & integration.
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The Contemplative Journey (2 CD set) - live recording
In this CD set, Cynthia Bourgeault explores various topics including psychology and contemplation; unloading of the unconscious; the web of woundedness; depression and the dark night; fearfulness, effort and rest; walking meditation and why Christian meditation?
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Learning To See (8 CD set) - live recording
 This CD set covers Cynthia Bourgeault teaching at a Wisdom School on the book “And There Was Light” by Jacques Lusseyran. Cynthia pays special attention to ‘kenosis’ or self-emptying, the wisdom path taught and modeled by Jesus as the “royal road” to unitive consciousness.
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Deepening The Practice of Centering Prayer (7 CD set) - live recording
 In this CD set, Cynthia Bourgeault explores various topics including the boundaried self, self-emptying, heart alignment and perception, conscious presence, burnout, the dark night, spiritual non-possessiveness and contemplative action. |
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Awakened Mind, Awakened Heart (4 CD set) - live recording
Cynthia Bourgeault provides an introduction to working with conscious presence and the inner observer from a Christian perspective. While these disciplines are familiar in eastern spirituality, they are less commonly taught in traditional Christian spirituality, although well known in Christian mysticism. Working from the touchstone of Centering Prayer, topics include balanced awareness, small self and the transcendent Self, developing a stable inner observer, moving beyond likes and dislikes, and unlocking the transformative power of surrender. |
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Conscious Love (4 CD set) - live recording
 In this CD set, Cynthia Bourgeault explores how conscious love flows from our deeper selves, beyond identification, craving, wanting, and needing. We discover that conscious love abides beyond all emotional states and polarities in a place where boundaries are diminished and our egoic perceptions dissolve. By living from this deep and ever present wellspring, we may feel pain, fear, and anxiety but it will not overcome us. Conscious love exposes the cages that trap us and guides us on the journey of transformation – a journey of out-pouring that comes from an open and relaxed heart. |
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Boehme for Beginners (7 CD set) – live recording
In deep contemplative stillness this 17th century German shoemaker, gazing at a pewter dish sparkling in the sun, was suddenly swept up in a firestorm of unitive vision. Boehme, an underground genius of the Christian contemplative path, offers a unified metaphysic, with cosmology and psychology reinforcing each other in a transformative path. Boehme understood that will, desire, and pain are the raw materials through which something powerful and mighty is brought about. Thus these things are not to be feared or denied but transformed. In this CD set Cynthia Bourgeault explores topics such as surrender & Centering Prayer, levels of awareness, identification, the resigned will or letting it be, the supersensual life (beyond the 5 senses), Boehme's cosmology, building being, flow & constriction, friction & darkness as path, and the inner ground of liberty and peace. |
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Quotes from Jacob Boehme
Boehme for Beginners by Cynthia_Bourgeault
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Word and Silence (3 CD set) - live recording
 In this CD set, Cynthia Bourgeault explores various topics including the recovery of the Unitive Word, the practice of Lectio Divina, the Four Senses of Scripture, the word made song, and moving toward a Lectio Divina way of living. |
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Roots and Wings of Christian Mysticism (4 CD set) - live recording
 Based on a study of Olivier Clement’s, Roots of Christian Mysticism, Cynthia Bourgeault explores some of the core concepts of our Christian mystical heritage and their relevance for contemplative spiritual practice. Topics include: mysticism & visionary seeing, the human vocation, the invisible in the visible, the Trinity, the praxis of prayer, and the heart’s own language. |
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