Original Self: Living with Paradox and Originality - Softcover

Moore, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060953721 ISBN 13: 9780060953720

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2001

Synopsis

Title: Original Self( Living with Paradox and Originality) <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: ThomasMoore <>Publisher: HarperPerennial

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Review:

The original self is the person "who came into this world full of possibility and destined for joyful unveiling and manifestation," according to bestselling author Thomas Moore. "This is the person who comes to life in us briefly as we get married, start a course in school, or try on a new job--before worry and cynicism have set in."

In essence, it is our soul that Moore speaks of, and it is his unwavering conviction that our greatest task is to stay true to our original selves. Using a highly approachable format of brief essays (2-4 pages), Moore offers his reflections on how to do just that. Each essay leads with a thought, such as "Life needs a point of entry, a crack in our defences," or "Beneath the favourite tale of the moment a deeper story always lies waiting to be told." From there Moore moves into the eloquent depths of his ruminations on the original self--words that are beautiful and provocative, yet never heady or bogged down with self-importance. In fact, his writing manages to be simultaneously poetic and pragmatic--the signature of a great thinker and humanitarian. Each essay is illustrated with a woodblock print, offering further meditation on a theme. Moore openly admits that he hopes this book will become a keeper--one that dwells on a household's shelf of lifetime books. No doubt it will, Mr Moore, somewhere between Emerson and Thoreau. --Gail Hudson

About the Author:

Thomas Moore is the author of the bestselling Care of the Soul and twenty other books on spirituality and depth psychology that have been translated into thirty languages. He has been practicing depth psychotherapy for thirty-five years. He lectures and gives workshops in several countries on depth spirituality, soulful medicine, and psychotherapy. He has been a monk and a university professor, and is a consultant for organizations and spiritual leaders. He has often been on television and radio, most recently on Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul Sunday.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0060953721
• ISBN 13: 9780060953720
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168