Invitation: The Immortal Diamond of the True Self vii
Preface xvii
1 What is ''The True Self''? 1
2 What is ''The False Self''? 27
3 What Dies and Who Lives? 59
4 The Knife Edge of Experience 67
5 Thou Art That 95
6 If It is True, It is True Everywhere 127
7 Enlightenment at Gunpoint 139
8 Intimate with Everything 159
9 Love is Stronger Than Death 175
Epilogue 187
Appendix A The True Self and the False Self 189
Appendix B A Mosaic of Metaphors 193
Appendix C Watching at the Tomb: Attitudes for Prayer 199
Appendix D Head into Heart: ''The Sacred Heart'' 203
Appendix E Adam's Breathing: Praying from the Clay 207
Appendix F Twelve Ways to Practice Resurrection Now 211
Notes 213
Bibliography 231
The Author 237
Index 239

Dissolve the distractions of ego to find our authentic selves inGod
In his bestselling book Falling Upward, Richard Rohrtalked about ego (or the False Self) and how it gets in the way ofspiritual maturity. But if there's a False Self, is there also aTrue Self? What is it? How is it found? Why does it matter? Andwhat does it have to do with the spiritual journey? This booklikens True Self to a diamond, buried deep within us, formed underthe 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 thatprocess is not resuscitation but transformation.
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