Spiritual Cartography – Part 01

About this episode

John Mark explores the importance of mapping our spiritual journey and introduces a framework for understanding the layers of sin on the path to spiritual maturity.

In this bonus episode, we're starting a series called "Spiritual Cartography" featuring cutting room floor content from the Practicing the Way book. Today, John Mark explores why mapping our spiritual journey matters and introduces a framework for understanding the four layers of sin we encounter on the path to spiritual maturity: gross sins, conscious sins, unconscious sins, and attachments. He explains how each layer requires deeper surrender and how suffering becomes the primary means by which we are freed from our deepest attachments. Subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date on future episodes. To learn more about the book, visit www.practicingtheway.org/book . To learn more about Practicing the Way, visit www.practicingtheway.org .

People in this episode

Host: John Mark

Topics covered

• spiritual journey
• sin
• spiritual maturity
• surrender
• suffering
• attachments

Keywords

• spiritual cartography
• sin layers
• spiritual maturity
• surrender
• attachments
• suffering

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: www.practicingtheway.org/book, www.practicingtheway.org

Books & works: Practicing the Way

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