Publication
Imprint: Poetry in Motion Films and SpiritualTeachers.org, 2015. Series: Journals of Spiritual Discovery. Responsible: Filmmaker Shawn Nevins interviews Joel Morwood. Physical: 1 sound recording (94 minutes) : streaming only.
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Streaming / YouTube
Original publication date
2015
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Description: Joel Morwood is the spiritual director of the Center for Sacred Sciences in Eugene, Oregon. For over 30 years, he's helped guide seekers on the spiritual path through his many talks, essays, and books, as well as helped fashion a body of teachings that calls upon the great mystical traditions. For more great interviews, visit https://spiritualteachers.org
Topics include:
Giving up on the spiritual path – kenosis – the dark night of the soul.
The value of precepts.
Practices designed to destroy the spiritual practice itself.
Joel Morwood’s time with Franklin Merrell-Wolff in Lone Pine.
Joel’s spiritual autobiography: Naked Through the Gate.
On the surprising number of students at the Center for Sacred Science who have woken up.
“For the spiritual path to work, you really got to put all your eggs in one basket.” If you don’t have that passion, fine, just keep at it and you may get it.
The Way of Selflessness – a practical guide to enlightenment that takes core teachings from many traditions come together to make a complete path to awakening. Joel Morwood considers this book the introduction to his teachings.
Effort versus non-effort on the spiritual path, giving up spiritual practices versus reaching the point where you can’t do them, “who” surrenders? See Joel’s article “To Practice or Not to Practice” for more.
Joel’s book on preparing for death is Through Death’s Gate: A Guide to Selfless Dying.
Whether any of Merrell-Wolff’s students became enlightened, and a few stories from Joel’s time with him.
When I asked Joel if he had any favorite spiritual films, he couldn’t think of any, but later sent a note that Zorba the Greek, starring Anthony Quinn is one he often references. “Although Zorba’s not enlightened, he exemplifies the freedom and passion for life that comes from practicing true detachment, as opposed to a sterile, pretend kind.” -- from publisher
Available Online: This sound recording is available curtesy of Shawn Nevins on his YouTube Channel "Journals of Spiritual Discovery:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGyyzgvqR2c&list=PLFOxGfu_lA-SBCT5-nURXjFEoT...
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Topics include:
Giving up on the spiritual path – kenosis – the dark night of the soul.
The value of precepts.
Practices designed to destroy the spiritual practice itself.
Joel Morwood’s time with Franklin Merrell-Wolff in Lone Pine.
Joel’s spiritual autobiography: Naked Through the Gate.
On the surprising number of students at the Center for Sacred Science who have woken up.
“For the spiritual path to work, you really got to put all your eggs in one basket.” If you don’t have that passion, fine, just keep at it and you may get it.
The Way of Selflessness – a practical guide to enlightenment that takes core teachings from many traditions come together to make a complete path to awakening. Joel Morwood considers this book the introduction to his teachings.
Effort versus non-effort on the spiritual path, giving up spiritual practices versus reaching the point where you can’t do them, “who” surrenders? See Joel’s article “To Practice or Not to Practice” for more.
Joel’s book on preparing for death is Through Death’s Gate: A Guide to Selfless Dying.
Whether any of Merrell-Wolff’s students became enlightened, and a few stories from Joel’s time with him.
When I asked Joel if he had any favorite spiritual films, he couldn’t think of any, but later sent a note that Zorba the Greek, starring Anthony Quinn is one he often references. “Although Zorba’s not enlightened, he exemplifies the freedom and passion for life that comes from practicing true detachment, as opposed to a sterile, pretend kind.” -- from publisher
Available Online: This sound recording is available curtesy of Shawn Nevins on his YouTube Channel "Journals of Spiritual Discovery:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGyyzgvqR2c&list=PLFOxGfu_lA-SBCT5-nURXjFEoT...
FY2015 /
Language
Original language
English