001: Drinking Beer with Thomas Merton to Kindle the Examined Life

This episode introduces the premise and possibilities of the Contemplify podcast. Interviews with contemplative scholars, creatives and practitioners in tow for those interested in the contemplative streams of the Buddha, Stoic philosophers (Marcus Aurelius, Seneca), Christian mystics (Meister Eckhart, Julian of Norwich, etc.), Transcendentalism (Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, etc.), Naturalists and Environmentalists (John Muir, Edward Abbey, Rachel Carson, Wendell Berry, etc), Creatives (filmmakers, musicians, artists, business leaders, etc.) and much more.

Ring the bell. Rob the moment. Contemplify.

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episode Show Notes

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From “Day of a Stranger,” Thomas Merton, Spiritual Master. Paulist Press. 1992. Page 215.

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