Ep. 553 – Ordinary Mysticism with Mirabai Starr

Mindrolling with Raghu Markus

Discussing her new book, Ordinary Mysticism, Mirabai Starr breaks free from religious institutions and shares heart-opening mystical wisdom.

Mirabai’s upcoming book, Ordinary Mysticism: Your Life as Sacred Ground, will be released in September 2024. Preorder your copy HERE!

This time on Mindrolling, Mirabai and Raghu converse about:

• How beginner’s mind and humility help us cope with the world
• Our capacity to feel the pain of the world as our superpower
• The dark night of the soul and Saint John of the Cross
• Mirabai’s loss of her daughter and the transformational power of suffering
• The broken, open heart and expanding our heart to contain grief and reality
• Being with ‘what is’ – as an act of devotion and love
• Religious ‘polyamory’ and intimate encounters with numerous spiritual traditions
• Mirabai’s baptism and dedication to peace in the Middle East
• Why mystical experiences do not need to happen in the container of religion

About Mirabai Starr:

Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author of creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature. She taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialogue. A certified bereavement counselor, Mirabai helps mourners harness the transformational power of loss. Check out her many books and learn more at MirabaiStarr.com.

“Often, organized institutionalized religious spaces and belief systems (this is my belief) can be an obstacle, an impediment to an actual mystical experience, if by mystical experience we mean an experience of intimacy with the sacred as love.” – Mirabai Starr

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