{"id":3237084,"date":"2015-10-20T17:25:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T20:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3237084"},"modified":"2016-02-03T21:35:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T01:35:40","slug":"the-lunchbox-interview-john-mclaughlin-on-beginning-your-spiritual-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-john-mclaughlin-on-beginning-your-spiritual-journey","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox Interview: John McLaughlin on Beginning Your Spiritual Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-JohnMcLaughlin-BeginningYourSpiritualJourney.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3237085\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-john-mclaughlin-on-beginning-your-spiritual-journey\/attachment\/lunchbox-johnmclaughlin-beginningyourspiritualjourney\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-JohnMcLaughlin-BeginningYourSpiritualJourney.png\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LunchBox-JohnMcLaughlin-BeginningYourSpiritualJourney\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-JohnMcLaughlin-BeginningYourSpiritualJourney-800x800.png\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3237085\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-JohnMcLaughlin-BeginningYourSpiritualJourney-300x300.png\" alt=\"LunchBox-JohnMcLaughlin-BeginningYourSpiritualJourney\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-JohnMcLaughlin-BeginningYourSpiritualJourney-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-JohnMcLaughlin-BeginningYourSpiritualJourney-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-JohnMcLaughlin-BeginningYourSpiritualJourney-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-JohnMcLaughlin-BeginningYourSpiritualJourney.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>What does it mean to be &#8220;spiritual&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>A working definition might be: &#8220;searching for those things which help give your universe meaning&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you could even find such things embedded in music and art. That&#8217;s the goal of the workshop <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unb.ca\/cel\/about\/news\/201509\/spiritual-journey.html\"><strong>&#8220;Beginning The Spiritual Journey&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> coming up on <strong>October 31<\/strong> and <strong>November 1<\/strong>. My guest today is Professor and President Emeritus of UNB, <strong>John McLaughlin<\/strong>, who has been working to encourage a series of discussions, workshops and events around the notion of spirituality. We talk about his own journey, his hope for the workshop, and the details of music and art that will be the focus on this upcoming event.<\/p>\n<p>Music today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inspired (at least from the title) to think about UNB, I played <em>Black and White and Red<\/em> from <strong>In Days Past<\/strong> by <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.theregalbeagleband.com\/\"><strong>The Regal Beagle Band<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>Inspired by a recent reading of <em>The Martian<\/em>, I couldn&#8217;t help but play <em>In Space<\/em> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rahrahband.com\/\"><strong>Rah Rah<\/strong><\/a> from the new album, <strong>Vessels<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5831\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151016%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20McLaughlin%20-%20Beginning%20The%20Spiritual%20Journey.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('5831','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151016%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20McLaughlin%20-%20Beginning%20The%20Spiritual%20Journey.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151016%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20McLaughlin%20-%20Beginning%20The%20Spiritual%20Journey.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3237084-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151016%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20McLaughlin%20-%20Beginning%20The%20Spiritual%20Journey.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151016%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20McLaughlin%20-%20Beginning%20The%20Spiritual%20Journey.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My guest today is Professor and President Emeritus of UNB, John McLaughlin. We talk about the upcoming workshop, &#8220;Beginning the Spiritual Journey&#8221;. Music today by The Regal Beagle Band and Rah Rah.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5832\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151016%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20McLaughlin%20-%20Beginning%20The%20Spiritual%20Journey.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('5832','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151016%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20McLaughlin%20-%20Beginning%20The%20Spiritual%20Journey.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151016%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20McLaughlin%20-%20Beginning%20The%20Spiritual%20Journey.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3237084-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151016%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20McLaughlin%20-%20Beginning%20The%20Spiritual%20Journey.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151016%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20McLaughlin%20-%20Beginning%20The%20Spiritual%20Journey.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player--><p><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-john-mclaughlin-on-beginning-your-spiritual-journey\">Read more...<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3237085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[587,997,287,3141,3142],"class_list":["post-3237084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lunchbox","tag-art","tag-belief","tag-music-2","tag-spirituality","tag-workshop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-JohnMcLaughlin-BeginningYourSpiritualJourney.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3237084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3237084"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3237084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3239004,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3237084\/revisions\/3239004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3237085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3237084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3237084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3237084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}