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