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Thurman discusses the dualism of the inner and outer aspects of life, emphasizing the importance of integrating both rather than separating them. He explores how one’s external actions and behavior can shape their inner thoughts and motivations, and vice versa, suggesting that both dimensions must work in harmony to achieve spiritual and personal fulfillment.

This recording is the eighth lecture in our collection of ten that Howard Thurman gave at the University of Redlands in 1973 on the topic of mysticism. Thurman indicates that this lecture functions as a means to point the listener towards practical approaches to mysticism through lenses of psychology, philosophy, and religious experience. In this recording, Thurman reflects upon the life of Jesus, and an encounter he had with the author Margaret Rhodes, in order to make sense of what it means to…