Book description
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.
Fr. Richard Rohr is a Franciscan priest of the New
Mexico Province. He founded the Center for Action and Contemplation in
Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1986, where he presently serves as Founding
Director. An internationally known speaker to many thousands of people
a year, Richard's travels have recently taken him to Europe and
Australia/New Zealand. Teaching on such themes as adult Christian
spirituality, men's spirituality, and politics and spirituality,
Richard has partnered with such esteemed teachers as Thomas Keating
(author of books on centering prayer), Diana Butler Bass (author of
Christianity for the Rest of Us), Ronald Rolheiser (author of
the best-selling The Holy Longing), Joan Chittister (author of
The Gift of Years), Phyllis Tickle (author of The Great
Emergence), and Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners and authors of
bestsellers such as God's Politics.
