{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F68f333ac-513c-4bc7-a1a7-d028267ac1f3","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Reawakening the Heart of Religion: Returning Living Spirit to the Center of Religious Tradition","description":"Ep. 65 | Rev. Dr. Michael Clarke, principal of the Anglican seminary Codrington College in Barbados, beautifully articulates how embodied spirituality can change us and the importance of personal encounters with living Spirit to further us along our evolutionary path. He enlightens us as to the shortcomings of the Church and religion as it is largely practiced in the West in a way many of us may not have heard before, pointing out that the Church fails to take into account that the magnitude of our understanding of divine experience is ever expanding, in parallel with Ken Wilber\u2019s Integral teaching on the ever expanding nature of consciousness, and mentioning that Jesus\u2019 experience as divine man was not intended to be the end all religious experience for all time. As Michael says, \u201cWe need to understand the Oneness\u2014we\u2019ve done religion from the duality perspective, from a separatist perspective\u2026missing the whole point!\u201d\n\nMichael is passionate about creating opportunities for people to have personal encounters with living Spirit since having his own earth-shattering experience with the divine. He tells us that when spirituality comes into play, it offers a step upward, a higher place to stand to view the world that allows for Oneness, and describes the separation inherent in our world of duality today as a \u201cwonderful avenue towards unification, appreciation, and understanding.\u201d So, \u201cHow do you lift up this thing called spirituality and cause it to be a central part of religious response? Can the Church grow with what needs to happen?\u201d Michael imbues this conversation with a bright, shining light of deep spiritual understanding and invites us all to be open to the \u201ccall to be more.\u201d Recorded September 6, 2021.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/2651e905-503e-43d7-bdcc-b5433d376d47/vH_UvhpcRTtqe1bC0t4vahhv.jpg"}