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Uncommon Conversations

Uncommon Conversations

Written by: James Tousignant
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All of us tell stories about ourselves. It’s one of the ways we make sense of the world and our place in it. This is especially important during times of unsettling transition and change. At its best, to hear the stories of others inspires belief in the intentions we set for ourselves and in our capacity to reach these goals.
As Lorian, our goal is to advance the experience of wholeness in the world and in ourselves through on incarnated spirituality. The story of our community is about the emergence of a new spiritual impulse and how it has made itself known through the work of a group of people responding to its call.
Uncommon Conversations is an opportunity for community members to tell their story, to give voice to the spiritual impulse arising within them and how they are embodying this call within their own incarnation. In sharing our stories may we inspire each other to inhabit the fullness of our being.Copyright James Tousignant Social Sciences Spirituality
Episodes
  • Rooted and Resiliant - in conversation with Freya Secrest and Maryn Spangler

    Rooted and Resiliant - in conversation with Freya Secrest and Maryn Spangler
    Nov 4 2023
    In today's episode James is joined by Lorian Faculty members Freya Secrest and Maryn Spangler. Together they share their inspiration for their new event titled Radiant and Resilient, and excitement in offering this opportunity to the Commons Community and the public at large.

    In a world where our dominant experience can be one of overwhelm and separation, it becomes more and more important for each of us to make choices that help foster connection and stability.

    Join Maryn Spangler and Freya Secrest in this focused 10-day discovery to explore how we can stay rooted and connected to ourselves in the midst of life’s frequent turbulence. Start 2024 by deepening your capacity to:
    • be a source of calm and clarity,
    • be resilient in the face of disruption
    • empower a fiery hope that warms you and your world.
    This short online discovery class introduces practices that will help you to live resiliently and heighten your capacities to be a source of connectedness, calm and joy in your life.

    I hope you enjoy the conversation.

    A little bit more about our guests:

    Freya is the Education Director of the Lorian Association. She is a Spiritual Director, adult educator and Lorian priest.

    Maryn is a member of the Lorian Faculty. She is devoted to studying the intersection of Body and Spirit to collect a wide knowledge from which to synthesize out of them a deeper thread that connects them all.
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    32 mins
  • Present Day Mystery Schools - applied holistic living with William Bloom and David Spangler

    Present Day Mystery Schools - applied holistic living with William Bloom and David Spangler
    May 11 2023
    What once were the Mysteries might now be called “applied holistic living,” living in a manner that blends both the physical and non-physical sides of our nature and of the world. Indeed, the function of any true Mystery school is not to revel in mysteries but to make the world less mysterious, more known, more understood in ways that enhance our ability to work collaboratively with the forces of creation because we are one of those forces.

    The function of a Mystery school is revelation and empowerment.This is what David seeks to do in Lorian, and it also is a hallmark of William’s work. In fact, by invitation of the Shift Network, William has been invited to create a “contemporary Mystery school” that fulfills the criteria he set forth in his e-letter. Happily, he is doing so, and there are few people as qualified as he is.

    I’m delighted to bring David and William together to explore what it means to create a contemporary Mystery school.

    I hope you enjoy the conversation.

    If you would like to know more about Williams offering, please go to his website.
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    42 mins
  • Internet Incarnation - Embodying Wholeness in Cyberspace

    Internet Incarnation - Embodying Wholeness in Cyberspace
    Feb 28 2023
    In today's episode David Spangler, Maryn Spangler and James Tousignant discuss how the teachings and tools of Incarnational Spirituality provide a way to partner with the Internet in awareness and integrity.

    There is a distinct parallel between the experience of the subtle worlds and that of the internet, as both represent an energy environment. Maryn, David and James will be exploring these parallels, and how to hold our sovereignty and embody our wholeness in an upcoming Lorian class titled "Internet Incarnation - Embodying Wholeness in Cyberspace"

    Maryn is an embodiment coach. She supports people in becoming a clear channel of their whole soul selves and to create a life in alignment with that. She does this through somato-emotional integration and healing, energetic integrity practices, and deepening the experience of embodiment. She can be found on instagram @maryn_amara or can be reached at maryn.amara.coaching@gmail.com

    David is the spiritual director of Lorian, a spiritual explorer, teacher, writer, game designer, husband, and father. His work with both his non-physical colleagues and his Lorian associates has led to the development of Incarnational Spirituality.

    James is the host of Uncommon Conversations, a faculty member and ordained minister/priest of Incarnational Spirituality. His passions are paddling, spiritual research, and exploring the subtle realms through embodying the teachings and practices of Incarnational Spirituality.
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    46 mins
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