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Does not apply
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ISBN
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9781118303597
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Book Title
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Immortal Diamond : the Search for Our True Self
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Publisher
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Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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7.1 in
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Publication Year
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2013
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Hardcover
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Language
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English
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1.2 in
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Genre
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Religion
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Topic
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Leadership, Spirituality, Christian Life / Personal Growth
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12 Oz
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5.4 in
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Number of Pages
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304 Pages
Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self – Hardcover – VERY GOOD
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
1118303598
ISBN-13
9781118303597
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117230347
Product Key Features
Book Title
Immortal Diamond : the Search for Our True Self
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Leadership, Spirituality, Christian Life / Personal Growth
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Religion
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Item Length
7.1 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-030242
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
How well do we know ourselves? So many roles and identities shape individual lives that it’s easy to be confused about what is authentically “us.” Rohr, a Franciscan priest and founding director of the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, N.Mex., leads a narrative excursion to the “True Self,” the core of character that lies like a diamond buried within. Writing for secular seekers, the author claims that individuals need to allow the false self to fall away in order to get in touch with the true self, allowing it to breathe and flourish. Grasping onto the superficial identities of the false self, such as job, class, race, or accomplishments, can keep people from being the loving and generous conduits of the Divine that they are meant to be. God is always communicating with humans, but those who cling to ego and social position can’t hear these divine messages. The author makes clear that it is not easy to shed this falseness for truth in the inner life, but it is a spiritual path well worth the effort. (Jan.) ( Publishers Weekly , February 2013)
Dewey Decimal
233/.5
Table Of Content
Invitation: The Immortal Diamond of the True Self vii Preface xvii 1 What Is ”The True Self”? 1 2 What Is ”The False Self”? 27 3 What Dies and Who Lives? 59 4 The Knife Edge of Experience 67 5 Thou Art That 95 6 If It Is True, It Is True Everywhere 127 7 Enlightenment at Gunpoint 139 8 Intimate with Everything 159 9 Love Is Stronger Than Death 175 Epilogue 187 Appendix A The True Self and the False Self 189 Appendix B A Mosaic of Metaphors 193 Appendix C Watching at the Tomb: Attitudes for Prayer 199 Appendix D Head into Heart: ”The Sacred Heart” 203 Appendix E Adam’s Breathing: Praying from the Clay 207 Appendix F Twelve Ways to Practice Resurrection Now 211 Notes 213 Bibliography 231 The Author 237 Index 239
Synopsis
Dissolve the distractions of ego to find our authentic selves in God In his bestselling book Falling Upward, Richard Rohr talked about ego (or the False Self) and how it gets in the way of spiritual maturity., Dissolve the distractions of ego to find our authentic selves in God In his bestselling book Falling Upward, Richard Rohr talked about ego (or the False Self) and how it gets in the way of spiritual maturity. But if there’s a False Self, is there also a True Self? What is it? How is it found? Why does it matter? And what does it have to do with the spiritual journey? This book likens True Self to a diamond, buried deep within us, formed under the intense pressure of our lives, that must be searched for, uncovered, separated from all the debris of ego that surrounds it. In a sense True Self must, like Jesus, be resurrected, and that process is not resuscitation but transformation. Shows how to navigate spiritually difficult terrain with clear vision and tools to uncover our True Selves Written by Father Richard Rohr, the bestselling author of Falling Upward Examines the fundamental issues of who we are and helps us on our path of spiritual maturity Immortal Diamond (whose title is taken from a line in a Gerard Manley Hopkins poem) explores the deepest questions of identity, spirituality, and meaning in Richard Rohr’s inimitable style.
LC Classification Number
BT713.R64 2013
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