“I can’t meditate.” “I don’t have time for deeper spirituality because I’m too busy fighting political division and injustice.” Those are common refrains, but in this discussion of meditation, spiritual reading, and contemplation as practiced in both Christianity and Sikhism, best-selling author Simran Jeet Singh and host Jean Kelly debunk common myths about meditation. They conclude that the connectedness to God and all creation discovered in deep prayer can change both us as individuals and our world. Singh says “Being religious is more than being spiritual; it is being political.”
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About
South-Texas native Simran Jeet Singh is a professor of history at the historic Union Theological Seminary and national bestselling author of
The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life and senior advisor for the
Aspen Institute’s Religion and Society Program. He hosts
Wisdom & Practice, a new podcast on PRX.
