592. Richard Rohr

Richard Rohr is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province. He is the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation and academic dean of the CAC’s Living School. An internationally recognized author and spiritual leader, Fr. Richard teaches primarily on incarnational mysticism, non-dual consciousness, and contemplation, with a particular emphasis on how these affect the social justice issues of our time. Podcast: Another Name for Every Thing A few of Fr. Rohr's 30+ books: The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe Every Thing Is Sacred: 40 Practices and Reflections on the Universal Christ The Wisdom Pattern: Order, Disorder, Reorder Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and transcript of this interview. Interview recorded March 27, 2021 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:02:10 - The Vast Universe and the Universal Christ 00:04:02 - Jesus and the Universal Concept of the Christ 00:06:22 - The Cosmic Notion of Christ 00:08:33 - A New Cosmology and Universalizing Jesus' Message 00:10:49 - The Small Box of Religion 00:12:54 - The Marvel of Intelligence and Creativity 00:14:53 - Caring for Creation and Social Justice 00:16:54 - Saving the Worms 00:18:55 - Changing Notions of God 00:21:12 - The Exclusionary Nature of Theology 00:23:18 - The Journey from Order to Re-order 00:25:41 - Embracing Polarities and Diversities 00:28:05 - The breadth of freedom and social order 00:30:00 - Love God and Do What You Want 00:32:15 - The Changing Grand Canyon 00:34:20 - The Multifaceted Nature of Causality 00:36:39 - The "Father Wound" and the Atonement 00:38:50 - The Transformation of Religion 00:40:46 - The Healing Environment of the Prison System 00:42:09 - The Loneliness and Cutthroat Nature of Prison Life 00:43:36 - The Communion of Saints 00:45:22 - The Interconnectedness of Humanity and Collective Consciousness 00:46:55 - The Fall and Autonomy 00:48:33 - The Fall and the Wounded Condition 00:50:02 - The Happy Fault and the Rediscovery of Non-Duality 00:51:36 - Great Love and Great Suffering 00:53:19 - The Power of Love and Suffering 00:54:53 - Jesus's justice strategy 00:56:29 - Solidarity vs Sacrifice 00:58:19 - Dipping into the Ocean of Richard Rohr