Richard Rohr

Immortal Diamond

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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, 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 his new book, the author likens True Self to a diamond, buried deep within us, formed under the intense pressure of our lives and needing to be searched for, uncovered, and separated from all the debris of ego that surrounds it. In a sense True Self must, like Jesus, be resurrected, and that process involves not resuscitation but transformation.
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191 printed pages
Original publication
2013
Publication year
2013
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  • rlpeck60has quoted7 years ago
    think they are doing a holy duty for God” (John 16:2). The ego has found its cover, so be quite careful about being religious. If your religion does not transform your consciousness to one of compassion, it is more a part of the problem than any solution.
  • rlpeck60has quoted7 years ago
    The religious False Self can even justify racism, slavery, war, and total denial or deception and feel no guilt whatsoever, because “they
  • rlpeck60has quoted7 years ago
    The True Self does not really “go to heaven” as much as live there already. It is indeed part of a “vast horde rumbling toward heaven.” It lives in the big Body now, puts little trust in its private virtue, and feels no undue surprise at its personal weakness. Ruby is just opening up to heaven for the first time, and she is a little shocked and surely disappointed that so many “others” are there.

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