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This retreat was recorded live in October 2008 at Rosemary Heights Retreat Centre, Surrey, BC, and revised and re-released in 2016. This purchase includes an MP3 audio download with a total running time of approximately 7 hours and 45 minutes. In this teaching, Cynthia Bourgeault explores the spiritual principle of exchange — the great round dance of giving and receiving through which Divine love flows between realms, seen and unseen. She shows how this inter-abiding exchange is not a hierarchical ladder of ascent but a dynamic circulation of self-giving love. By participating in this flow, we become channels through which Divine creativity and compassion manifest in our time and place. Themes include mercy as exchange, abundance as a way of seeing, inter-realm reciprocity, kenosis (self-emptying love), substituted love, and the Paschal mystery as a sacrament of exchange. Cynthia draws on Jesus’ parables, the Beatitudes, and the Trinity, as well as insights from Christian mystics, poets, and contemporary teachers. She emphasizes that as embodiments of consciousness, humans bear responsibility for making Divine love tangible in this world. Cynthia Bourgeault is a modern-day mystic, Episcopal priest, and internationally known retreat leader. She is the author of numerous books, including The Wisdom Jesus and Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, and is recognized for her pioneering work in integrating the Christian contemplative path with other global streams of wisdom.