Junto
June 2022
I’ve been through a couple of iterations of what this month’s Junto should cover. When I came across this video I knew this was it.
I’ve been on a bit of a Richard Rohr kick lately. This kickstarted from a podcast my friend sent me where a transgender male comedian talks about his experience with masculinity. The comedian grew up going to a Catholic girls' school and it was through Rohr’s work that he revisited the stories he was so familiar with and reframed them as powerful stories.
While I am unsure about my belief in god, let alone Christ, I have a conviction in stories and their ability to transform.
This month I want to talk about dualism.
I’ve been on a bit of a Richard Rohr kick lately. This kickstarted from a podcast my friend sent me where a transgender male comedian talks about his experience with masculinity. The comedian grew up going to a Catholic girls' school and it was through Rohr’s work that he revisited the stories he was so familiar with and reframed them as powerful stories.
While I am unsure about my belief in god, let alone Christ, I have a conviction in stories and their ability to transform.
This month I want to talk about dualism.
A lot can be unpacked from what he says, which I’m open to discussing, but over the next couple of weeks, I’d like you to reflect on your own dual thought patterns.
My own thought patterns are wrapped up in a moral cover of right and wrong. I separate myself into who I’m supposed to be from who I really am. This kind of dual self-talk has created a feedback loop of self-depreciation and a longing for fulfilling my grand potential.
Rohr’s approach removes the divide. Placing me in the center of it all and accepting the fact that I am both right and wrong, both good and bad.
Please come prepared to share your answers to:
Looking forward to the conversation.
Wade
PS - Here’s the link to the podcast I referenced earlier.
My own thought patterns are wrapped up in a moral cover of right and wrong. I separate myself into who I’m supposed to be from who I really am. This kind of dual self-talk has created a feedback loop of self-depreciation and a longing for fulfilling my grand potential.
Rohr’s approach removes the divide. Placing me in the center of it all and accepting the fact that I am both right and wrong, both good and bad.
Please come prepared to share your answers to:
- Where is your dualistic judgment?
- When have you been able to lose the dualism?
- What did that feel like?
- Have you been able to repeat it?
- What were the circumstances?
Looking forward to the conversation.
Wade
PS - Here’s the link to the podcast I referenced earlier.
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With the weather finally warming up here in the Pacific Northwest I mixed my first summer drink: the coconut martini
2 oz. vodka 1/2 oz. simple syrup 1/2 oz. coconut cream 1/2 oz. fresh lime juice Add all the ingredients in a shaker with ice, strain it and serve. While I wait for the justification to buy a boston shaker I will continue to use a mason jar. |