Andrew James Brown/Caute

Kiitsu—Returning-to-One

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Welcome to "Kiitsu—Returning-to-One" the podcast formally known as "Making Footprints Not Blueprints." My name is Andrew James Brown, and I’m the Minister of the Unitarian Church in Cambridge, UK. Knowing that full scope always eludes our grasp, that there is no finality of vision, that we have perceived nothing completely, and that, therefore, tomorrow a new walk is a new walk, I hope that, on occasion, you’ll find here some helpful expressions of a creative, inquiring, free and liberative religion and spirituality that will help and encourage you to journey through life, making footprints r...

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Andrew James Brown/Caute

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S11 Bonus Episode - The Eternal Buddha is no one else but the Eternal Christ—a talk given to a United Reformed Church Advent online retreat called “Waiting for the light” 30.11.2025 13:01

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-eternal-buddha-is-no-one-else-but.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris...

S011 #09 - The double movement dance of a free-religious faith - A thought for the day 26.11.2025 11:32

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-double-movement-dance-of-free.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingh...

S11 #08 - Pan(en)theism, pronouns, and a kinder speech about God - A thought for the day 20.11.2025 11:22

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/11/panentheism-pronouns-and-kinder-speech.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris...

S11 #07 - Addressing hierarchy, equality, shame and self-compassion in liberal, free-religious community - A thought for the day 14.11.2025 10:11

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/11/addressing-hierarchy-equality-shame-and.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chri...

S11 #06 - This monument is for the unknown good in our enemies—A thought for the day on Remembrance Sunday 07.11.2025 9:17

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/11/this-monument-is-for-unknown-good-in.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris I...

S11 #05 - What would a free-religious company look like? - A thought for the day 31.10.2025 12:31

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/10/what-would-free-religious-company-look.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris...

S11 Bonus Episode - Imaoka Shin'ichirō's "Principles of Living", two versions [1973 & 1981] 25.10.2025 11:50

Send us Fan Mail All the links mentioned in this episode can be found via the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/p/free-religion.html Alternatively, you can go directly to the texts of Imaoka Shin'ichirō's Principles of Living by clicking on the following links: Principles of Living (1973) https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTgvwLgEa8a258r6GYosYiGzEHL0i-GP5JkDRDy...

S11 Bonus Episode - "The Faith of Returning-to-One (Kiitsu)" [1980] by Imaoka Shin’ichirō 24.10.2025 14:58

Send us Fan Mail All the links mentioned in this episode can be found via the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/p/free-religion.html Alternatively, you can go directly to the text of Imaoka Shin'ichirō's essay by clicking on the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTgvwLgEa8a258r6GYosYiGzEHL0i-GP5JkDRDylt9cvd86eQtzE6G5Kco8f1AuuhrgLgbydOBYX356/pub#...

S11 #04 - What is called “profit” disappears without a trace . . . - A thought for the day 23.10.2025 7:57

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/10/what-is-called-profit-disappears.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingh...

S11 #03 - Things themselves, by their very nature, belong to no one. All things belong to the whole. - A thought for the day 17.10.2025 7:35

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/10/things-themselves-by-their-very-nature.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris...

S11 #02 - The Prayer of the Lord as a “dove that ventured outside”—The Lord’s Prayer’s journey into Japanese and back to English - A thought for the day 10.10.2025 13:00

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-prayer-of-lord-as-dove-that.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham...

S11 #01 - Liberal, free-religion and the discipline of Verification–Deliberation–Accountability (VDA) - A thought for the day 03.10.2025 14:28

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/10/liberal-free-religion-and-discipline-of.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chri...

S11 Bonus Episode - "Kiitsu: Returning-to-One" Launch 29.09.2025 10:56

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/09/an-introduction-to-my-rebranded.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham...

S10 #07 - Jiyū shūkyō—a free-religious, integral spirituality from within the Unitarian tradition - A thought for the day 26.07.2025 16:59

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/07/jiyu-shukyoa-free-religious-integral.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. The liturgy of the Sunday Morning service of Mindful Meditation, Music, and Mucic, and the "Principles of Living &quot...

S10 #06 - What we do - practice, commitment, and liberal, free-religion - A thought for the day 19.07.2025 13:25

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/07/what-we-do-practice-commitment-and.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. The liturgy of the Sunday Morning service of Mindful Meditation, Music, and Mucic, and the "Principles of Living "...

S10 Bonus Episode - An introduction to the Philosophy of Epicurus - A thought for the day 12.07.2025 14:37

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2018/10/all-five-very-short-morning-reflections.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. The "Epicurean Gathering" mentioned at the beginning of the episode can be downloaded as a pdf at the followin...

S10 #05 - A Portable Spirituality — Walking the Path of Free-Religion ( jiyū shūkyō) - A thought for the day 03.07.2025 14:38

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-portable-spirituality-walking-path-of.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambri...

S10 #04 - To the old, present, and still to appear gods and goddesses - A thought for the day 30.06.2025 16:40

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/06/to-old-present-and-still-to-appear-gods.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambri...

S10 #03 - Free-religion’s challenge to all Covenantal Singularisation Projects - A thought for the day 21.06.2025 13:18

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/06/free-religions-challenge-to-all.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunita...

S10 #02 - “God is a muck-heap or a cow, and no irreverence meant”—Free-religion and ordinary language - A thought for the day 14.06.2025 15:03

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/06/god-is-muck-heap-or-cow-and-no.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitar...

S10 #01 - A free-religious reading of the story of Pentecost - A thought for the day 07.06.2025 13:28

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-free-religious-reading-of-story-of.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridge...

S09 #05 - Maternalisation is materialisation—A happy, and cosmic, Mothering Sunday to you all! - A thought for the day 27.03.2025 15:54

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/03/maternalisation-is-materialisationa.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Botticelli's "Birth of Venus" can be viewed at the following link: https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/birth-of...

S09 #04 - Two good very things—a spring thought for the day in advance of the Cambridge Unitarian Church's AGM - A thought for the day 22.03.2025 11:57

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/03/two-good-very-thingsa-spring-thought.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridge...

S09 Bonus Episode - Blue Remembered Hills — An elegy for my parents-in-law and the post-war liberal, democratic, rules-based order 04.03.2025 6:45

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/03/blue-remembered-hills-elegy-for-my.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeun...

S09 #03 - Swinging the chaotic flows to better ends . . . - A thought for the day 02.03.2025 15:05

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/03/swinging-chaotic-flows-to-better-ends.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridg...