Online Zoom Forum: Brother Wayne Teasdale: The Spiritual Vision in his Life and Work.
Date: Wednesday 11 December 2024.
Time: 7pm-9pm (UK time).
Event Description:
Format: There will be five talks, each of 12 minutes, followed by 20 minutes of discussion among the speakers and the chair, followed by Q & A.
Chair:
The Revd Bonnie Evans-Hills:
Bio: Bonnie Evans-Hills is a priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church and has considerable experience in inter-religious dialogue, working with organisations such as the EU Commission on Foreign Affairs & Security, the World Council of Churches, Churches Together in Britain & Ireland, the Anglican Communion, and the Anglican Mission organisation USPG (United Society for Partners in the Gospel). Bonnie has been involved in contributing to the UN Office for the Prevention of Genocide’s Global Plan of Action for Religious Leaders & Actors. She was recently awarded the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Speakers:
Rev Diane Berke:
Title: Becoming Creatures of Boundless Love: Teasdale's 9 Elements of a Mature Interspirituality
Description: In The Mystic Heart, Brother Wayne Teasdale introduces nine elements that are common to mature contemplative practitioners across traditions and spiritual paths. This talk will introduce these elements which, when cultivated, can lead us to become what we were created to be: "creatures of boundless love, caring, compassion, and wisdom." (The Mystic Heart)
Bio: Rev. Diane Berke is the Founder of One Spirit Learning Alliance, an interspiritual learning center based in New York City. Ordained in 1988, she is a respected pioneer and visionary leader in the field of interspiritual education.
Dr Rory McEnte:
Title: Spiritual Friendship with Brother Wayne.
Description: As one of Brother Wayne's close friends and mentees over the final five years of his life, I will discuss Wayne's spiritual vision of the world from the standpoint of intimate friendship and mutual mentorship, as a metaphor for his vision of the relationship among religious and spiritual traditions in the future.
Bio: Rory McEntee is an author, scholar, educator, and contemplative activist. As a close friend and mentee of the late Brother Wayne Teasdale, Rory helped to found the Interspiritual Movement, traveling and participating in dialogues with world spiritual leaders, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Pope Francis. Rory served as administrator for the Snowmass InterSpiritual Dialogues—a 30-year project convened by Father Thomas Keating, engaging contemplative leaders from multiple faiths in intimate dialogue and contemplative practice.
As a leader in the new monastic movement, Rory is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Charis Foundation for New Monasticism & Interspirituality, which supports various projects in interspirituality and new monasticism, including the “Future of Religion and InterSpirituality” Dialogues, Charis Circles, Charis Meditation training, HeartFire Festivals, the Thomas Keating Interspiritual Seminars, and Charis InterSpiritual Formation Program.
As a scholar, Rory has done doctoral work in Applied Mathematics at the University of Southern California and has a PhD in Theological and Philosophical Studies in Religion from Drew University. His current research and writing concentrates on questions of democracy, contemplative spirituality, university life, religion, decolonial practice, and social justice. Rory also has interests in evolutionary theory, the nature of language, mysticism, consciousness studies, and philosophy. Rory teaches at Drew University, facilitates contemplative retreats around the U.S. and internationally, is co-author of The New Monasticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living (with Adam Bucko, Orbis Books, 2015), and has published many essays on interspirituality, new monasticism, and the academic discipline of “theology without walls.” In the past, Rory served as a teacher, department head, and vice-principal in secondary education. You might catch him snowboarding, traveling the globe, playing basketball, or meditating on any given day.
Dr Kurt Johnson:
Title: Interspirituality: The Heritage, The Future.
Description: In 2024-25 our Light on Light Press-- 2024 winner of Nautilus's "Best in Small Press"-- will publish two volumes on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Br. Wayne Teasdale's The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions, and the 10th anniversary of my The Coming Interspiritual Age. The two volumes-- Interspirituality: the Heritage, and Interspirituality, the Future-- contain a who's who of global interfaith and interspiritual leaders, past, present, and (likely) future. I will review the landscape of these volumes with a goal of reporting what we have learned in the past 25 years' journey since Br. Wayne named "Interspirituality" in 1999-2000.
Bio: Dr. Kurt Johnson (www.lightonlight.us; https://www.evolutionaryleaders.net/synergycircles) is a several time Nautilus Award-winning author and activist who has worked in professional science and comparative religion for over 40 years. His books include Our Moment of Choice (2020) (Gold Nautilus, COVR and Living Now Awards), The Coming Interspiritual Age (2013), Nabokov’s Blues (2000) and Fine Lines (2015) (Brian Boyd Prize, 2019) and the free e-book Awakening of Humanity (2024, https://issuu.com/lightonlight). He is a prominent figure on international committees, particularly at the United Nations. Kurt served on the faculty of New York’s Interfaith Seminary for 12 years and, for 25 years, was associated there with the American Museum of Natural History. He is the publisher of three magazines: The Convergence, Light on Light, and Conscious Business and is a founder of the Light on Light Press, specializing in books on interspirituality and emerging global movements for change. Kurt is also host of The Convergence Series on VoiceAmerica and Coordinator of the Synergy Circles of the Evolutionary Leaders. A partner in UNITY EARTH, Kurt is ordained, or certified, in five religious traditions. He has a PhD in Evolution and Ecology and is author of over 200 scientific articles and seven technical books. A former monastic, he is a member or founder of the Evolutionary Leaders, the Holomovement, Association of Transformational Leaders, international Contemplative Alliance, Gaiafield and Subtle Activism Networks, Self Care to Earth Care network, UN NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns, NGO Forum 21 Institute, the UN Committee for International Yoga Day, and is President of the Friends of the Institute of Noetic Sciences.
Jeff Genung:
Title: Interspiritualy, Past, Present and Future.
Description: “There is almost a sensual longing for communion with others who have a large vision. The immense fulfillment of the friendship between those engaged in furthering the evolution of consciousness has a quality impossible to describe.”
― Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955)
Jeff was a close personal friend of Brother Wayne Teasdale. In this talk, he will share some details about Wayne’s life, mystic journey and his sacred passage. He will also reflect on the interspiritual movement, past, present and future. Sharing the story of how a growing network of contemplatives and conscious communities are finding each other and working collaboratively to seed a global interspiritual movement.
Bio: Jeff serves as Managing Director & Chief Architect of Prosocial World, a non-profit organization whose mission is to consciously evolve a world that works for all.
He is also co-founder of Contemplative Life, a digital hub that connects people and communities with transformative practices, and co-founder of Transformation365.org, an experiential practice network. Most recently, he helped launch Prosocial Spirituality, a training and research initiative exploring the integration of evolutionary science and evolutionary spirituality.
Jeff has spent decades as an entrepreneur and technology executive. He has developed partnerships with some of the world’s largest technology and retailing companies.
He is currently focused on exploring the integration of science, spirituality, the arts, and technology to facilitate conscious and compassionate evolution.
A Contemplative Life (Soul Biography)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffgenung/
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Susan Paris Soleil:
title: The Power of Compassion-in-Action in Elements 8 and 9.
Description: The word "compassion" is the only word repeated in two of the 9 Elements.
We will explore these last two Elements and the power for change by focusing on compassion in action.
Bio: Susan works for ProSocial World, a global nonprofit with a mission to "Consciously Evolve a World that Works for All." She is the Director of ProSocial Spirituality where she and others are weaving together Wayne Teasdale's 9 Elements, Lin Ostrom's 8 Core Design Principles, and spiritually focused courses to deepen collaboration and open hearts to our interconnectedness.
An archive recording will be made for the EICSP archive.
NB: There will be no refund if you cancel your booking.
Cost: By Donation:
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