Roscoe Matthieu is a husband, father, spiritual seeker, and member of Central Coast Friends Meeting in California. Episode 29 of the Western Friend Podcast digs deeper into the article that he wrote for the Western Friend magazine, "A Quaker Rosary."
In this podcast conversation, Matthieu explores ways that the "empty form" of a spiritual practice can open a person's awareness to a larger reality. Matthieu draws on several spiritual traditions and a deep knowledge of early Quaker writers.
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The "chapters" in this podcast:
0:00 – Introduction
1:48 – On the Rosary and his Spiritual Practice
5:40 – On Recitations
10:13 – Quieting the Mind
12:06 – The Significance of Memorizing Recitations
15:48 – On Practice and Routine
17:50 – When and Where to Practice
20:08 – Opening to Questions from the Audience
21:28 – Paradox of Structure and Freedom
23:18 – Audience Experiences
27:55 – On His Daughter’s Perceptions of the Rosary
30:00 – On Past Explorations of Spirituality and Why Quakerism
36:40 – Audience Experience
39:46 – On Robert Barclay
43:25 – Outro