Show Notes
Dr. Liza J. Rankow, author of Soul Medicine for a Fractured World, explores healing justice in a time of social and ecological upheaval. She names oppositional dualism and domination as the root fracture of our world and invites a shift toward lived non-duality as the ground of lasting transformation. The conversation touches the “crucible of the in-between,” apocalypse as death and renewal, grief as medicine, and the movement from commodified self-care to soul care rooted in spirit, community, and nature. The conversation emphasized deep listening, silence, and relationship with the living world. Today’s episode closes with a simple guided breath practice for self, loved ones, and the world.
Topics
00:00 Opening
01:20 Why This Book Now
03:41 What’s Fracturing Us
07:21 Crucible of the In Between
14:52 Medicine in the Wound
20:11 Grief as Collective Wisdom
26:28 Soul Care vs Self Care
32:02 Mystic Activism and Oneness
34:57 Breath And Service
35:59 No Spiritual Bypass
37:00 Oneness With Perpetrators
39:18 Mysticism And Justice
41:08 Nature As Practice
44:23 Purpose And Gifts
47:44 Deep Listening
53:25 Silence And Reckoning
56:13 Darkness As Source
58:20 Closing Practice And Book
Resources
LizaRankow.org
Soul Medicine for a Fractured World
“Mysticism and Social Action” by Dr. Howard Thurman
Soul Work for Times of Uncertainty - SAND Podcast with Francis Weller
Engaged Contemplation - SAND Podcast with Fr. Adam Bucko
Glissando of Consciousness - SAND Podcast with Andrew Holecek
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