<p><strong>Our question: When or how have I come back from &quot;death?&quot;</strong></p><p>We talk about the power of imagination as a necessary part of change. </p><p><br></p><p> We recall what Fr. Richard Rohr said about Paul&#39;s use of the word &quot;flesh&quot; and &quot;spirit.&quot; </p><p><br></p><p>&quot;Paul made a most unfortunate choice of the word sarx, translated “flesh,” as the very enemy of pneuma, Spirit (for example, Galatians 5:16-24). Now we would probably translate sarx as “ego” or “small self,” which would be much closer to Paul’s actual meaning. Remember that Christianity is the religion that believes “the Word became flesh” (John 1:13), and Jesus even returned to the “flesh” after the Resurrection (Luke 24:40)—so flesh cannot be bad. If our spirituality is in any way anti-body, it is never authentic Christianity.</p><p>Merton rightly recognized that it was not the body that had to “die” but the “false self” that we do not need anyway. The False Self is simply a substitute for our deeper and deepest truth. It is a useful and even needed part of ourselves, but it is not all; the danger is when we think we are only our false, separate, small self. Our attachment to False Self must die to allow True Self—our basic and unchangeable identity in God—to live fully and freely.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>We explore the many layers and mysteries of the Lazarus story and ask ourselves, &quot;where am I at in the story right now?&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>We read a mixture of the longer and shorter version of the Gospel.</p><p><a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032226.cfm" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Sunday Readings</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Thank you for listening</strong>! You&#39;re invited to j<strong>oin our FB community at </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/laughingmystics/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong> https://www.facebook.com/laughingmystics/</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>Need more poetry in your life? <a href="https://www.insideoutspirituality.com/blog" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Visit Marci&#39;s blog </a>and/or <a href="https://poemsbylauralb.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">subscribe to Laura&#39;s new substack and receive one of her fresh poems delivered to you everyday. </a></p><p><br></p><p>Questions? Comments? Bring your voice to the conversation. We&#39;d like to SHARE THE MIC with you! Send an audio from your phone with a question or comment to <a href=" [email protected]" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> [email protected]</a></p><p><br></p><p>We now have an easier way for you to leave a review or rating, using this link! <a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/thelaughingmystics" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">RateThisPodcast.com/<strong>thelaughingmystics</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>Please follow us to be alerted for new episodes. We hope you&#39;ll share this passion project with others, write a review, or rate/like our podcast on your favorite platform!</p><p><a href="pod.link/1799776273" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>pod.link/1799776273</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>New episodes now released on Thursday mornings!</strong></p><p><strong>For more on Marci Madary visit </strong><a href="https://www.insideoutspirituality.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.insideoutspirituality.com/</a></p><p><strong>For more on Laura Lewis-Barr visit </strong><a href="https://psychescinema.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://psychescinema.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Want to support The Laughing Mystics? We now have MERCH! Visit <a href="https://www.zazzle.com/store/laughing_mystics/products" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠https://www.zazzle.com/store/laughing_mystics/products</a></p><p><br></p><p>(0ur show notes are always filled with many links. If your platform doesn&#39;t show them, visit the &quot;episode webpage&quot; or our Spotify page.)</p><p>Music licensed from Artlist</p><p><br></p><p>#jungianpsychology #depthpsychology #richardrohr #progressivechristianity #jungianwisdom #mysticalchristianity #religioustext #transpersonalpsychology</p>