Cynthia Archives
4.b.i. Online Videos
Shalem Institute director interviews Cynthia on The Meaning of Mary Magdalene (2010)
Carole Crumley, Shalem’s Senior Program Director talks with Cynthia about Mary Magdalene in relation to her three primary roles as apostle, intimate friend of Jesus, and purveyor of wisdom. When these three roles are put together the implications for Christianity are profound and transformative.
The Ways of the Heart: Kenosis, Abundance, Singleness (2011)
Recorded on September 3, 2011, at Second Congregational Church in Greenfield, MA (produced and edited by Robert A. Jonas, Ed.D., www.emptybell.com).
Part 1 – Overview of the foundations and method of Centering Prayer
Part 2 – Attention of the heart
Part 3 – Putting the mind in the heart
Seeking the Divine host interviews Cynthia on The Meaning of Mary Magdalene (2011)
Dr. Patricia Ann Hill from Seeking The Divine TV show interviews Cynthia on “The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity”. Download the full interview on Grass Roots Community Network’s website.
Seeking the Divine host interviews Cynthia on The Wisdom Way of Knowing (2011)
Dr. Patricia Ann Hill from Seeking The Divine TV show interviews Cynthia on “The Wisdom Way of Knowing”. Cynthia discusses her understanding of the meaning of Wisdom, including the differences between information, knowledge and Wisdom, and Wisdom as an integration of mind, body, and spirit. Download the full interview on Grass Roots Community Network’s website.
Jesus and Mary Magdalene Wisdom Teachers (2011)
From retreat at Widsom House, Retreat and Conference Centre, Litchfield CT June 3-5 2011
Contemplative Journal interview – Non-dual Compassion (2012)
In this short video series, five great teachers discuss how the future of humanity lies at the intersection of contemplation and compassion. Cynthia Bourgeault discusses non-dual compassion: “… you are one undivided sphere of interchangeable consciousness in love … a concept which is really only accessible to the non-dual mind…”
Centering Prayer and the Foundations of Non-dual Awareness (2012)
At the 2012 Science and Nonduality Conference, Cynthia Bourgeault speaks on Centering Prayer and the contribution it has to bring to the growing body of data confirming the neurological underpinnings of non-dual consciousness. What Christian mystics have long known as the practice of surrender, powerfully encapsulated in Centering Prayer’s distinctive method of meditation, proves itself to be a powerful foundation for the movement beyond the dualistic perception (with the subect/object dichotomy as its drive-shaft) into a unified — i.e., non-dual — field of perception.
“The Gate of Heaven Is Everywhere” (2012)
In this remarkable and well-produced little thirteen minute video, Cynthia Bourgeault discusses how contemplative spiritual practice can be integrated into the contemporary educational program of young people in the Hong Kong International School. With clarity and insight, Cynthia presents principles that apply to many areas of life and illustrate the profound interface that can exist between spirituality and practical daily living.
Cynthia Bourgeault Gerald May Seminar (2012)
A 12 minute clip of Cynthia's final wrap-up of her fabulous Saturday workshop of the Gerald May Seminar in 2012 with Shalem Institute. She has spent the day speaking about Contemplatives, Mystics, Prophets, & Visionaries. She explored four contemporary contemplative voices: Thomas Merton, Bruno Barnhart, Raimon Pannikar, and Constance FitzGerald, examining how (and why) contemplative prayer and practice is leading the way in the recovery of Christianity¹s visionary and prophetic voice.
StillPoint with Cynthia Bourgeault (2013)
The non-duality of Jesus, with Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault, at a Stillpoint event in Oxford, GB.
Creativity and Spiritual Life (2013)
A Conversation with Cynthia Bourgeault and Roy Horan on May 2, 2013 at Hong Kong International School
Discussion with Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault at NYU (2013)
The Silent Center event at NYU. November 10, 2013
Consciousness NOW TV with Cynthia Bourgeault on Raising Consciousness (2013)
Co-founder of Raising Consciousness NOW Veronika Tracy-Smith, PhD talks with Cynthia about Christian mysticism, releasing the go in daily life, becoming an agent of change, and raising consciousness.
Early Christian Desert Communities (2015)
Cynthia reflects on the nature of the early Christian communities: the role women played, how they informed the formation of the great monasteries of Europe, and what happened when only men were allowed to become priests and couldn’t marry.
Shambhala Publications’ senior editor with Cynthia Bourgeault (2012)
Dave O’Neil, of Cynthia’s home publisher, interviews Cynthia Bourgeault.
Part 2 – The future of Christianity
Part 3 – The Meaning of Mary Magdelene
Four Voices Method of Discernment with Contemplative Journal
Cynthia Borgeault brings us a fascinating look at the four inner voices inside all of us, unlocking a whole new method of discerning the best course of action for life’s decisions.
The Heart of Centering Prayer: Christian Nonduality in Theory and Practice (2016)
Recorded on October 15, 2016 at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, MA (co-sponsored with Contepmlative Outreach Boston). Cynthia proposes that The Cloud of Unknowing‘s anonymous author describes the transition to unitive or nondual consciousness, and explains why Centering Prayer is so essential to the process.
Wisdom’s Hour: A reflection following the 2016 US election (2016)
In addition to Cynthia’s post-election blog post, she recorded a video for the Center for Action and Contemplation responding to the 2016 presidential election in the United Sates: “Now that the shake-up has occurred, it is our calling to use our heads and hearts in a broader, Teilhardian sort of way…”
Festival of Faiths (2017)
Cynthia Bourgeault was part of the 22nd Festival of Faiths held in Louisville, KY, an interfaith event of music, poetry, art, and dialogue with internationally renowned spiritual leaders, thinkers, and practitioners. This year’s theme was “Compassion: Shining Like the Sun”. Below, Cynthia speaks to this topic, as well as teaches the practice of Centering Prayer.
The Heart of Compassion (Full Program)
Radiant Intimacy of the Heart (2018)
At 2018’s Science and Nonduality conference, Cynthia Bourgeault gave a brief talk on the “higher” knowledge cultivated in contemplative practice and what it means to connect the mind with the heart, the nondual organ of perception.
Interview with Cynthia Bourgeault by Michael Flynn, The Contemplative Society's 20th anniversary (2018)
Father Thomas Keating Weekend Celebration at Aspen Chapel (2019)
His InterSpiritual Legacy and a Vision for the Future Aspen Chapel, July 13-14, 2019 Program Resource People and Panelists Swami Atmarupananda, Ed Bastian, Cynthia Bourgeault, Cynthia Brix, David Frenette, Kabir Helminski, Camille Helminski, and many more...
Christian Spiritual Practice wth Cynthia Bourgeault at Festival of Faiths (2019)
Explore how the simple gesture of letting go (of all thinking, observing, noticing during the time of prayer) paves the way to those two foundational prerequisites of nondual seeing: objectless awareness and attention of the heart. Cynthia Bourgeault was joined by Quaker chant writer Paulette Meier to lead us into the actual experience of this deeper contemplative heart seeing.
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