Falling Upward: A Spirituality For The Two Halves Of Life

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I love the way reading and studying Scripture and theology has deepened my faith, broadened my vision, enriched my ministry and changed my life. I hope that what you find here might help you along a similar path. Quest for the Grail: Soul Work and the Sacred Journey (1994, reissued by Crossroad Publishing Co, U.S.; New edition, 1997) ISBN 978-0-8245-1654-3 As usual, Richard draws heavily from the gospels to reveal how Jesus, whom Rohr calls the first non-dualistic teacher to the West, was a second-half-of-life-man who was given the unenviable task of trying to teach and reach and be understood by a largely first-half-of-life history, church, and culture. No wonder they judged, excluded, and ultimately killed him! But Rohr also draws from the world's great mythologies to illustrate how this second-half-of-life wisdom, and the pilgrimage required to attain it, is represented in the collective unconscious of humanity and illustrated in such great stories as Homer's tale The Odyssey - written 700 years before Christ! This particular emphasis on truth revealed in the stories and fables of humanity very much reminded me of the premise of another book that had a significant impact on me in years past - The Sacred Romance, by John Eldredge. He comments on the fact that many other religions do a better job of understanding God and man, yet remains a “Catholic” because of the “tools” the church gave him. Tools which apparently allowed him to deny all of that church’s doctrine and still call himself a priest. We’ve already talked about Joseph Campbell in his book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. In Richard Rohr draws on Campbell heavily in his book.

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The second mountain is a concept that we all have two big purposes in life. The first is becoming self-reliant. This means seeking after a career, happiness, and general well-being. The second mountain is something more profound, one focused more on the impact one can have on the world, and on achieving joy in true enlightenment. After completing the mission we return to where he started, but improved with the “boon”, the gift for those to whom we are returning. Letting Go of Our Ego

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Brown, Brene (April 20, 2022). "Father Richard Rohr on Spirituality, Certitude, and Infinite Love, Part 1 of 2". Brene Brown Podcast . Retrieved 17 August 2023. Soul Brothers: Men in the Bible Speak to Men Today (with art by Louis S. Glanzman) (Orbis Books (USA), 2004) ISBN 978-1-57075-534-7

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Short review: This is a book about embracing maturity. Age is not maturity, we all know immature people that are advanced in years. Rohr believes that we need to embrace the different parts of life. Our younger years are concerned with identity (what we do, who we marry, etc.). Our older years should be concerned with meaning. So if we properly understand how to mature, we live inside the structures of of life in our younger years and then we learn when to leave the structures of live in our older years.RR: They did. “We don’t need critical thinking, it’s what we Catholics call it, ‘The Protestant Instinct,’ to protest everything.” It’s an anti-stance. Now, it doesn’t have to be, but it often is. And until you get beyond the anti-stance of, “I’m here to change other people, to get other people to join my club,” I don’t think you’ve got true religion in even close. It’s just a belonging system that tells me I’m right. The book is not simplistic. It is I who am cramming the whole thesis into a nutshell for the sake of time and tide – which always changing, wait for no man. BB: I mean, especially when I think about this, like, could you imagine going to a church that where the task was healing, reconciling, forgiving, and peacemaking? That’s why I think the Sunday after George Floyd was murdered, I thought, “Boy, if that’s not the topic of every sermon in every church, we’re missing something.”