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Embracing Mystery
by Table Collective
Finding ourselves in compassionate, creative interconnection. Monthly conversations discovering the intersections of creativity and spirituality.Join Kevin Caldwell, Nazia Islam, Raymond Singh, and Steven Spicer as they explore together ways that we can embrace creative and spiritual mystery in our lives and simultaneously find ourselves embraced in the mystery of compassionate, creative, interconnection, held by what may be called the Divine, or Source, or Consciousness, or even Mystery itself. In the process, we seek to become more fully ourselves, find our home and places of belonging, and grow as creative, spiritual, and relational beings.Kevin Caldwell is a singer-songwriter, poet, author, holding a PhD in Intercultural Studies. Nazia "Naz" Islam is an academic librarian, artist, and poet, with graduate degrees in Religious Studies and Library & Information Science.Raymond C. Singh is an amateur philosopher, musician, and poet, holding an MA in Philosophy.Steven Spicer i
Episodes
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16 | Yogiraj Utkarsh Sanjanwala - Integral Yoga, Consciousness, and the Body
In this episode of the Embracing Mystery Podcast, we reconnect with Yogiraj Utkarsh to delve deeper into the concepts of integral yoga and some of the specifics of TIME Meditation, which he teaches, as an approach to deepening connection with higher consciousness or the Divine, and greater…
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15 | Yogiraj Utkarsh Sanjanwala - How Yoga Shapes You
This month we had the joy of talking with Yogiraj Utkarsh about his life and understanding of yoga. In particular, we explored what yoga is about, including the many types of yoga, and some of the misconceptions about it. We also got to explore the ways that yoga shapes a person over time. It's…
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14 | Amy Kisei - A Zen Approach to Life and Creativity
Explore the profound connections between Zen, creativity, and compassion in this conversation with Amy Kisei, a Zen Buddhist priest, artist, and spiritual counselor. We discuss how Zen’s direct experience approach and the practice of paying close attention can transform your creative process and...
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13 | Lorna Elliott - A Journey of Self-Compassion
In this month's Embracing Mystery podcast, we have the joy of welcoming Lorna Elliott to a conversation about the journey of learning to love who we are. She shares about her own insights from trauma training, inner child work, and connecting with her creativity. Learning to love who we are is a...
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12 | Adnan Hussain - Justice and Rehumanization through Creativity
This episode explores the ways that creativity intersects with justice in the world, and particularly how it serves to rehumanize others who are being dehumanized and oppressed. We have a conversation with Adnan Hussain, who has intentionally sought to integrate his creative work with advocacy…
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11 | Jaimin Rajani - It's Not Just Me in My Creative Process
Have you ever felt like creative ideas suddenly flowed through you in ways that are beyond your own conscious choices? Jaimin Rajani, our latest guest on the Embracing Mystery podcast, shares with us his own creative and spiritual journey, which led him to say there is something More involved in...
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10 | Azeem Khan - Living in the Liminal: Integrating Creativity and Sufi Spirituality
In this episode we have the joy of welcoming our first guest, Azeem Khan. He shares with us ways his upbringing, music, art, and spirituality beautifully inhabit the liminal spaces of life. Our conversation touches on religious and cultural identity, dreams, the creative process, and Sufi…
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9 | Exploring Our Journeys with Mystery
This episode we each share our ways of relating to Mystery, responding to three questions: How did our formative spiritual contexts shape us? What kinds of disruptive experiences did we have? And how would we describe where we are at now? In all of this we surface different kinds of disruption…
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8 | How Does Personal Growth Matter for Your Art? Pt. 2
What is the relationship between personal growth and growth in your craft? How do they work together to shape the quality of your creative work? These are the questions we explore in this episode of the Embracing Mystery Podcast. This is also Raymond's last time, at least as a regularly...
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7 | How Does Personal Growth Matter for Your Art? (Pt. 1)
For artists, does it matter who you are and how you are growing as a person if an audience might not understand the experiences and emotions you are trying to communicate? In this episode Kevin explains relevance theory of communication, which looks at the interpretive worlds of symbols and...
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6 | Is Creativity More than Self-Expression?
Is there more to creativity than self-expression? Is all self-expression art? In this episode we explore why it is that more concretely personal creative expression connects more universally. We raise the question of whether there is anything More involved in the creative process and whether that...
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5 | Embracing Inner Mystery
In this episode we explore inner mystery and the ways we steward, share, and cultivate our creative and spiritual lives. Is everything we create or experience spiritually meant to be shared? Are there ways we should guard or protect our inner life? How does all this affect what we choose to share?
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4 | When and Why Do You Share Your Creativity?
What’s going on inside of you when you decide to share your art with others? In this episode we explore what happens when you’ve completed a finished piece. You have your new song, poem, painting, sculpture, dance, etc. But now what do you do with it? Do you share it automatically? With who, and…
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3 | Experiencing Source(s) in the Creative Process
This episode builds on our discussion of the Source(s) of creativity in our second episode. This time we get more concrete as we discuss the ways that our view of Source and experiences of the creative process relate. Our creative processes are each different. Creativity is a conveyor belt where…
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2 | What Is the Source of Creativity?
In this episode of the Embracing Mystery podcast, we continue our exploration of creativity by asking, "What is the source of creativity?" We begin with our single-word responses to this question. Our answers were "love," “everything”, "mystery," "chaos," and "emptiness.” Join us as we unpack…
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1 | Where Does Creativity Come From?
Welcome to Embracing Mystery: Finding Ourselves in Compassionate, Creative Interconnection! Monthly conversations discovering the intersections of creativity and spirituality. This episode explores the origins and sources of creativity, beginning with personal reflections from Steven, Kevin, and...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Finding ourselves in compassionate, creative interconnection. Monthly conversations discovering the intersections of creativity and spirituality.Join Kevin Caldwell, Nazia Islam, Raymond Singh, and Steven Spicer as they explore together ways that we can embrace creative and spiritual mystery in our lives and simultaneously find ourselves embraced in the mystery of compassionate, creative, interconnection, held by what may be called the Divine, or Source, or Consciousness, or even Mystery itself. In the process, we seek to become more fully ourselves, find our home and places of belonging, and grow as creative, spiritual, and relational beings.Kevin Caldwell is a singer-songwriter, poet, author, holding a PhD in Intercultural Studies. Nazia "Naz" Islam is an academic librarian, artist, and poet, with graduate degrees in Religious Studies and Library & Information Science.Raymond C. Singh is an amateur philosopher, musician, and poet, holding an MA in Philosophy.Steven Spicer i
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Table Collective
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Finding ourselves in compassionate, creative interconnection. Monthly conversations discovering the intersections of creativity and spirituality.Join Kevin Caldwell, Nazia Islam, Raymond Singh, and Steven Spicer as they explore together ways that we can embrace creative and spiritual mystery in our...
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