Immortal Diamond
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Immortal Diamond

The Search for Our True Self

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eBook - ePub

Immortal Diamond

The Search for Our True Self

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9781118303597
eBook ISBN
9781118421543
Edition
1
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. That Nature Is a Heraclitian Fire and of the Comfort of the Resurrection
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Invitation: The Immortal Diamond of the True Self
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1: What Is “The True Self”?
  8. Chapter 2: What Is “The False Self”?
  9. Chapter 3: What Dies and Who Lives?
  10. Chapter 4: The Knife Edge of Experience
  11. Chapter 5: Thou Art That
  12. Chapter 6: If It Is True, It Is True Everywhere
  13. Chapter 7: Enlightenment at Gunpoint
  14. Chapter 8: Intimate with Everything
  15. Chapter 9: Love Is Stronger Than Death
  16. Epilogue
  17. Appendix A: The True Self and the False Self
  18. Appendix B: A Mosaic of Metaphors
  19. Appendix C: Watching at the Tomb: Attitudes for Prayer
  20. Appendix D: Head into Heart: “The Sacred Heart”
  21. Appendix E: Adam's Breathing: Praying from the Clay
  22. Appendix F: Twelve Ways to Practice Resurrection Now
  23. Bibliography
  24. The Author
  25. Index
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