329. Andrew Harvey - a podcast by Rick Archer

Andrew Harvey is an author, speaker and founder/director of the Institute of Sacred Activism, an international organization focused on inviting concerned people to take up the challenge of our contemporary global crises by becoming inspired, effective and practical agents of institutional and systemic change, in order to create peace and sustainability.

Andrew Harvey has taught at Oxford University, Cornell University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, The California Institute of Integral Studies, and the University of Creation Spirituality as well as at various spiritual centers throughout the U.S. He was the subject of the 1993 BBC film documentary The Making of a Modern Mystic and appears also in Rumi Turning Ecstatic and The Consciousness Of The Christ: Reclaiming Jesus for a New Humanity. He has also worked with the great Iranian Sufi dancer, Banafsheh Sayyad, in producing a film, In the Fire of Grace, which marries Sufi inspired dances to the stages of Rumi’s understanding of the path of Divine love.

He has written and edited over 30 books and received many awards, including the Benjamin Franklin Award and the Mind Body Spirit Award.Website: andrewharvey.net

Some of Andrew's many books:

Savage Grace: Living Resiliently in the Dark Night of the GlobeThe Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism
Radical Passion: Sacred Love and Wisdom in ActionLight the Flame: 365 Days of Prayer

Movie referred to during the interview: A Human Search: The Life of Father Bede Griffiths (1993)Transcript of this interview

Interview recorded 1/25/2016Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.


Chapters:00:00:00 - Introduction and Welcome
00:04:48 - Returning to the Sources of My Childhood00:08:24 - Mystical Experiences and Life Changes
00:11:34 - The Purpose of Our Souls'Work
00:14:54 - The Transforming Power of Love00:18:22 - The Dark Night: A Process of Divinization
00:21:27 - Embracing the Depths of the Shadow00:24:44 - The Urgency of Preparing for Evolutionary Shattering
00:29:39 - The Marriage of Opposites00:35:12 - The Marriage of Mission and Heart
00:39:34 - The Power of Love in the World00:43:37 - Networks of Grace and Radical Social Work
00:48:43 - The Paradigm of Deep Cooperation and Collaboration00:53:56 - Creating an Alternate Reality
00:59:03 - The Transformation of Birthing the Divine in the Human01:03:43 - The Power of Unconditional Forgiveness
01:08:24 - Changing the World Through Collective Action01:13:20 - The Process of Transformation through Divine Self
01:18:55 - The Price of Spiritual Awakening01:23:36 - Gratitude and Appreciation for a Difficult Breakup
01:27:46 - Abusive Power in Spiritual Circles01:31:08 - The Modulation of Softness and Flexibility
01:34:36 - Mystical Christianity and Hinduism-Buddhism Integration01:38:21 - Finding Grace in Everyday Joys
01:42:23 - The Endless Evolution of Enlightenment01:46:38 - Enlightenment and the Sacrifice of Ramana Maharshi
01:49:30 - Cultivating Humility through Practices01:53:00 - The Dance Between Light and Dark
01:56:39 - The Primordial Love Relationship01:59:24 - Life well-lived in progress
02:02:28 - Free resources and ongoing projectSave

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