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A review by lory_enterenchanted
The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery by David G. Benner
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Reviews and more on my blog: Entering the Enchanted Castle
Short guide to the practice of "knowing oneself by knowing God" - not as a theoretical exercise, but as a relationship. Knowing = deep, intimate communion with a real person. When we truly enter into this relationship, we don't doubt our knowledge of God, any more than we doubt our knowledge of a loved one. This in turn leads to a grounding in our true nature and calling. Our true self is not something we have to create or achieve, but a gift from God.
I always have a hard time paying attention to audiobooks, so I'd rather go over this again on paper, but my library only had this version. There were a lot of nice phrasings that I'd like to remember, but they went by without my capturing them.
I wish that this and all audiobook producers would give attention to marking somehow when direct quotes begin and end. There was lots of quoted or paraphrased material in this book and it was often impossible to tell it from Benner's own ideas and words.
Short guide to the practice of "knowing oneself by knowing God" - not as a theoretical exercise, but as a relationship. Knowing = deep, intimate communion with a real person. When we truly enter into this relationship, we don't doubt our knowledge of God, any more than we doubt our knowledge of a loved one. This in turn leads to a grounding in our true nature and calling. Our true self is not something we have to create or achieve, but a gift from God.
I always have a hard time paying attention to audiobooks, so I'd rather go over this again on paper, but my library only had this version. There were a lot of nice phrasings that I'd like to remember, but they went by without my capturing them.
I wish that this and all audiobook producers would give attention to marking somehow when direct quotes begin and end. There was lots of quoted or paraphrased material in this book and it was often impossible to tell it from Benner's own ideas and words.