Kiitsu—Returning-to-One

<p>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. <br /><br />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 rather than blueprints. </p>

S11 #11 - A philosophy of wonder born of an ancient disappointment - A thought for the day

Send us a text 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/2025/12/a-philosophy-of-wonder-born-of-ancient.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 (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for...

12-27
12:08

S11 #10 - Celebrating Christmas Day without a founder - Jesus, Buddha and the Great Life - A thought for the day

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12-24
10:12

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

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11-26
11:32

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

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11-20
11:22

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

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11-14
10:11

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

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11-07
09:17

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

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10-31
12:31

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

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10-25
11:50

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

Send us a text 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#h.qzy656itmbfq Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode on my blog. Opening Mus...

10-24
14:58

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

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10-23
07:57

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

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10-17
07:35

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

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10-10
13:00

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

Send us a text 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 Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks fo...

10-03
14:28

S11 Bonus Episode - "Kiitsu: Returning-to-One" Launch

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09-29
10:56

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

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07-26
16:59

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

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07-19
13:25

S10 Bonus Episode - An introduction to the Philosophy of Epicurus - A thought for the day

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07-12
14:37

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

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07-03
14:38

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

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06-30
16:40

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

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06-21
13:18

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