MYSTERY: THE WISDOM OF THE SOUL (FORMALLY TITLED - WISDOM OF THE SOUL)
Guest: Rachel Naomi Remen Program S905
Host: Michael Toms Interview Date: 10/16/1998 Program Length: 1 Hour
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Program Description: Our culture trains us to scorn the unknown, to consider it a problem to be overcome. What the soul craves, however, is the awe and wonder of the unknown-the great mystery of life and our own existence. In this talk at New Dimensions' 25th-anniversary conference, Remen describes the wisdom she has gained as a physician working with cancer patients-the realization that honoring mystery provides strength and comfort, healing and hope. "This is not a dead world," she says. "The world is soul-infused. Something in us wants to participate; it senses our need to wonder. It knows that to wonder is to be alive." She offers an exercise for getting in touch with our sense of mystery and therefore our source of aliveness. "Life is not a problem to be solved," she says. "It's a mystery to be lived." 1 hour
Remen is a physician for the Commonweal cancer program, and the author of My Grandfather's Blessing: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging (Riverhead Books, 2000) and Kitchen Table Wisdom (Riverhead 1996). (Note this program is also part of Hay House 2 hour package H435)
Topics explored in this dialogue:
What constitutes the work, the language and the wisdom of the soul
What mystery asks of us
A story of spontaneous cancer remission, and the medical reaction
The secret of jumping a horse over a fence
The worst radio interview of Remen's career
A story of a dying man who wanted to return as a white heron
An exercise for understanding the qualities in your life
The woman with a pine-cone heart, and the doctor who lived in a maze
Hundreds of people singing "It's in Every One of Us"
