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Having just finished richard rohr s latest reflection immortal diamond i have taken the time to collect a few quotes that caused some wonderful moments of personal reflection over coffee. In falling upward and in many of his other teachings, richard rohr talks at length about ego or the false self and how it gets in the way of spiritual maturity. 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. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read immortal diamond. I was fortunate enough to read this book slowly as part of an online course that features a lot of video discussions with fr. The course explores new themes each week through reflections, discussion, expanded commentary, additional articles, videos, and audio clips, plus exclusive teachings from father richard. When we learn to identify our addiction, embrace our brokenness, and surrender to god, we begin to bring healing to ourselves and our world. Richard rohr books list of books by author richard rohr. 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. Immortal diamond the title is taken from a line in a gerard manley hopkins poem is aimed at secular seekers and thinkers, believers and nonbelievers alike, and that huge disillusioned group who describe themselves as being in recovery from religion itself. Could any one thing be that valuable that we would sell everything for it. Immortal diamond whose title is taken from a line in gerard manley hopkins poem explores the deepest questions of identity, spirituality and meaning. Dissolve the distractions of ego to find our authentic selves in god in his bestselling book falling upward, richard roh.
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At the core of each life is true, eternal goodnessand the key to a successful life is opening up that true self so that we can compassionately connect with gods world. Richard rohr is a new author for me, a franciscan priest writing about moral and spiritual maturity. Dissolve the distractions of ego to find our authentic selves in god. He makes good use of the language of resurrection and dying as a metaphr for the discovery of the true self, and he writes this book with a wide audience. He uses this image to describe the processes and pressures of life, which god uses to construct this hard and immortal diamond, our core of love. 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. This is the goal, living out from that core of love that will always be stronger than death p. The subtitle, the search for our true self, is the theme of the book. This rich, selfpaced online course is based on richard rohrs book, immortal diamond. The search for our true self ebook written by richard rohr.
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