Immortal Diamond, Richard Rohr
Immortal Diamond, Richard Rohr
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Immortal Diamond
The Search for Our True Self

Author: Richard Rohr

Narrator: Kevin Pierce

Unabridged: 5 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/20/2020

Synopsis

In Falling Upward (and in many of his other teachings), Richard Rohr talked at length about ego (or the False Self) and how it gets in the way of spiritual maturity, especially if its preoccupations continue into the second half of life. 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? In this new book, he 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. 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.    

About Richard Rohr

Fr. Richard Rohr, Franciscan friar and ecumenical teacher, is founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation. Fr. Richard teaches how God's grace guides us to our birthright as beings made of Divine Love. He is the author of numerous books, including Immortal Diamond.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elizabeth

I can’t remember the last time I finished a book, thought to myself, “I will never be the same again,” and began rereading to figure out why. Richard Rohr’s Immortal Diamond did this to me. What changed? Rohr reframed the story of Jesus—the Christian story—as an invitation for human transformation.......more

Goodreads review by Shelie

I confess to being a Richard Rohr fan. I enjoyed Falling Upward but found this book to be much deeper. He speaks from a Christian perspective but only in that he references scripture to back up his points. His concepts are far broader in scope and if you have more Buddhist leanings you will see that......more

Goodreads review by Lee

Ready to experience the mystical side of Christianity with a Franciscan friar? Here’s a journey that Father Richard Rohr promises will secure a happier existence. It’s the quest for your True Self … the resurrected self, the “immortal diamond” deep within you, which he says is neither God nor human,......more

Goodreads review by Theodore

For most people, the book is going to fall on one of two ends of the spectrum for people.... Either you are going to find the book truly uplifting, life changing and/or affirming or you are going to be unable to appreciate the book in any way, shape or form. A small subsection of people are probably......more

Goodreads review by Hoyt

Rohr wants to do something he says can't be done in his previous book, Falling Upward. In the previous book, it was highly doubtful that anyone in the first half of life could appreciate the second half. In the current title, his purpose is precisely to push his readers into that realization. In Fall......more

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