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Soul Search ABC listen
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- Religion & Spirituality
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4.4 • 23 Ratings
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Soul Search explores contemporary religion and spirituality from the inside out — what we believe, how we express it, and the difference it makes in our lives
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Mindfulness in daily life — Brother Phap Hai
Join Meredith Lake and Brother Phap Hai on a mindful walk around Mountain Spring Buddhist monastery – a community of mostly Vietnamese monastics in the Plum Village tradition, founded by the late Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh in 2020.
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Being fully alive with Elizabeth Oldfield
What does it mean to be fully alive? Elizabeth Oldfield has ditched the conventional script of what life can look like — instead choosing to live in what she calls a "micro-monastery".
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Doing public theology on Aboriginal land
National NAIDOC Week has its roots in the public theology of William Cooper, but what does it mean to do Christian theology on Aboriginal land?
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Exploring religion in Japan
Over 600,000 Australians visited Japan in 2023, and most of them visited a temple or shrine — even though they wouldn’t normally do that back home. But what's the etiquette when visiting a sacred place, and what do Japanese people think?
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Aboriginal ministry — the who, what and how
Christians often use the word "ministry" to describe the work of the clergy, but in Aboriginal contexts, its meaning is more expansive. There are hundreds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples right across these lands now called Australia engaged in ministry work, but much of it is unpaid, and might not fit into non-Indigenous ideas of what ministry looks like.
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How can we find spiritual community?
How do we make and find meaning alongside one another, in community?
We live in a society that's becoming increasingly atomised in all kinds of spheres. But what might it look like if we, instead, paid attention to the social — and spiritual — dimensions of life together?
Sharon Hollis and Charissa Suli each have unique life experiences that speak to this question, and they are both prominent leaders of one of Australia's largest faith communities.
Customer Reviews
In Touch . . . In the Spirit
The Spirit of Things is absolutely wonderful. Based in Austrialia, the show is universal. I listen to it every Sunday. If you're in touch with the Spirit or searching within the Spirit, then the Spirit of Things is definately for you.
Religiously focussed with a generally positive view
I was hoping to learn more about religion and spirituality by listening to this podcast, but it appears to be a re-titled show originally called the Spirit of Things, which seems to have a rather uncritical take on spirituality. I personally have a harder time learning about something when it isn't at least somewhat self critical.
A Review of the Spirit of Things
This is a wonderful podcast if you are interested in improving your own spirit. Wide range of topics but always relevant.