Finding 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.
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.
