Elise Loehnen: What We’re After (Solo Episode) — Elise Loehnen

But faith, let's go.

ut then we have to remember like it's never out there that we're gonna find the answers that we need. It is only in here and we have to sort of deprogram or de-train ourselves from thinking from that type of thinking: If I just do all of these things, I'll be, well, if I d just do all of these things, I'll be good. If I just do all of these things,... See more

I just feel like continually, we need to remind ourself that we need to be in this space of spirituality, of Mary Magdalene, of the work of wholeness. No one can do that for us. No one, and no one can tell us exactly what that looks like for us or what needs to be done to achieve that.It is deeply personal, internal work. And yes, I think we all ha... See more

And the thesis of this gospel is everything that you have is inside. This is an internal experience. And don't do anything that's adulterous to your nature essentially. And by that he meant that's sort of in disobeyance to who you to really are. It's your job to figure out who you really are.

the universe conspires with you. It doesn't select you, you're not special, but it conspires with you when you put yourself in motion.

that's why I think of myself as a person of faith and why my mantra is, I don't know. Because to presume to know, to presume that I can order the universe or understand all of the powers at play, or that I understand or know or can predict with absolute accuracy, everything that's going to happen or that we live in some sort of mechanic, materialis... See more

Allen Watts, which I think is the best summation of the difference between belief and faith, he wrote in The Wisdom of Insecurity , “whether one believes in God or believes in atheism, we must here make a clear distinction between belief and faith because in general practice belief has come to mean a state of mind, which is almost the opposite of f... See more

Spirituality is a practice of faith and I think about it as religion is sort of what we do and spirituality is what it is to be

Whereas I think we're being asked, or at least I feel called to stay in this place of seeking wholeness, which to me is the path within that construct that's focused on being and focused on self, self-acceptance and focused on recovering parts of myself from shadow and feelings that there's not more for me to do, now is the time where I am trying t... See more