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These themes divide all entries into seven sections. They are like facets of a single diamond, each one shedding new light as one turns the stone. They are interconnected and overlapping, yielding some repetition. Items in 3 are implied in 7, nonduality. They read like educational objectives to train spiritual directors. That seems to be what Rohr has been doing: lecturing, writing twenty books, and creating groups like the Center for Action and Contemplation. Rohr has a gift to put real-life experiences into clear words and alternative viewpoints. Speaking of the beginner's mind, he says people tell him, You did not tell me anything new...you just gave me the courage to believe it (411). His New Testament interpretations are keen. More than once he made me check the Greek, not because of his modern translations, but to go deeper with him into its meaning. Wisdom of world religions is integrated into his analyses. His use of Jungian and psychological terms is ever present: ego, unconscious, shadow self, the second half of life. His aim for the nondual, yes/and tradition, puts the reader on a thrilling chase into the world of action and contemplation, on the path of mystical pioneers. Besides great biblical figures, Mary, Jesus, and Magdalene, his mystical mentors make frequent appearances: Francis, Clare, Bonaventure, Scotus, Julian of Norwich, John of the Cross, Therese of Lisieux, and Thomas Merton. His strongest words are against secret systems of disguised violence that legitimize group egocentricity and tyrannical social systems (216 ff). His most striking sections, 5 and 6, lead the reader on a mystical journey of conversion through shame, fear, guilt, the wounds of Christ by way of descent, and self-emptying into forgiveness and the heart of God. St. Paul knows the way It is when I am weak that I am strong (2 Cor 12:10) (325).... Perfectionism, mistakenly attributed to Mt 5:48, is well countered by the principle that the perfect isn

Books of meditations can be boring and bland, but the meditations Rohr has selected for Yes, And... are exciting, soul-renewing, and deep. &mdashl; Tikkun Recommends , Tikkun magazine Rohr has a gift to put real-life experiences into clea

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Fr. Richard Rohr is a globally recognized ecumenical teacher bearing witness to the universal awakening within Christian mysticism and thePerennial Tradition.He is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province and founder of theCenter for Action and Contemplation (CAC)in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Fr. Richard's teaching is grounded in the Franciscan alternative orthodoxy practices of contemplation and lived kenosis (self-emptying), expressing itself inradical compassion, particularly for the socially marginalized.Fr. Richard is the author of numerous books, including Everything Belongs, Adam s Return, The Naked Now, Breathing Under Water, Falling Upward, Immortal Diamond, and Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi. Fr. Richard is academic Dean of theLiving School for Action and Contemplation. Drawing upon Christianity's placewithin the Perennial Tradition, the mission of the Living School is to produce compassionate and powerfully learned individuals who will work for positive change in the world based on awareness of our common union with God and all beings.Visitcac.orgfor more information.

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