Fr Richard Rohr - The 'First Half of Life'

Fr. Richard Rohr is a globally recognized ecumenical teacher bearing witness to the universal awakening within Christian mysticism and the Perennial Tradition. He is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Fr. Richard’s teaching is grounded in the Franciscan alternative orthodoxy—practices of contemplation and self-emptying, expressing itself in radical compassion, particularly for the socially marginalized.

Fr. Richard is the author of numerous books, including Everything Belongs, Adam’s Return, The Naked Now, Breathing Under Water, Falling Upward, Immortal Diamond, and Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi. His newest book is The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation (with Mike Morrell).

Fr. Richard is academic Dean of the Living School for Action and Contemplation. Drawing upon Christianity’s place within the Perennial Tradition, the mission of the Living School is to produce compassionate and powerfully learned individuals who will work for positive change in the world based on awareness of our common union with God and all beings.

[monicablanco]

I just love his preaching. It's gold

[celineghiara]

Fr. Richard is surely the best teacher of our time, You make our lives better. God bless you.,

[jeanhounsell]

Richard Rohr has lit up my Christian journey.
I can feel, hear and see
Jesus in him. He has made many things clear to me that I have wrestled with. e.g.the Atonement.

[lietaconyers]

He doesn’t think he’s that good but he’s plain and simple and he’s dam good!!

[cardsharkG]

05:51. Carl Jung - problems cannot be solved. They can only be outgrown.
08:02 Transformations, not Transactions
11:39 Ego Structure in growing up
13:14 Ken Wilbur Four Major Stages in the Spiritual Life
18:34 Waking up, Sense of separation from God, Monkey Mind
20:06 The Wisdom of unknowing
22:39 First two stages about creating ego structure
26:22 Letting go of your first journey

[BobBKooenabio]

If one pratices Centering Prayer, they will certainly know Fr. Richard Rohr is a Mystic in the same way as Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, and of course, Thomas Merton.Veronica, OCDS from R.I.

[cbhamilton]

I love this so much. Thank you Richard.

[jonilikens]

Repent, and put your faith in Christ!

[kenwilliamsvoice]

I like this Father Rohr. First I've heard of him and from him. Entertaining and educational.

[seane.]

This is a wonderful speech. Father Rohr helped verify this spiritual path I'm on.

[robertryman]

simply GREAT ! who has ears just listen..

[Stereostupid]

A lot of evangelicals think Rohr is some new age teacher but I don’t see that at all I see a person who is very open and understands god as a real love and word and names have polluted everything in humans

[petercollins]

Julian of first there is the fall....then there is the recovery from the fall...both at the mercy of God..."
This I believe.
Pete

[cardsharkG]

32:27 Everything you learn after 30, you learn through failure.
35:29 First half of life, building your tower.
Questions
41:30. Enneagram
43:37 Teaching Christian Children
45:04 Suffering
49:55 Are more people showing up or waking up?
51:26 What on earth did Jesus mean when he said I'm the way the truth and the light?
53:50 Suffering and the Four Stages, growing up and waking up to unitive consciousness.
57:34 True Self/False Self - How often do you take offense?
59:10 Mother Theresa
61:45 Immortal Diamond - dualistic thinking/unitive consciousness.
63:52 Brain is a binary system.
68:30 Can you show up before you wake up?

[richardbelisle]

Truth is...un truth is not...in the end everyone will know this....the blessing or grace is to discover it now🕉☯️❤️🙏🏼

[carmenschmutz]

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[joecaner]

*BILL MOYERS:* _Well, there are many Christians who believe that to find out who Jesus is, you have to go past the Christian faith, past the Christian doctrine, past the Christian church. And I know that’s heresy to a lot of people, but…_
*JOSEPH CAMPBELL:* _Well, you have to go past the image of Jesus. The image of God becomes the final obstruction. Your God is your ultimate barrier._

[yapooa]

Love is in the words of Jesus
Woman caught in adultery. Sermon on the mount. Jesus casting out the money changers. All he says is from what Jesus said and did.

[jonilikens]

We can see attributes of God, in a beautiful sunset, but it is new age to say God “is the sunset”. Who ever says this is only repeating new age religious philosophy. And new age philosophy is not in the Bible! Richard is not revealing a new “Christology, but old new age philosophy! This is dangerous!

[WWS]

Do people know how to ask questions without centering themselves?