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A review by therevallison
The Naked Now by Richard Rohr
challenging
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Full confession: this is not a book that should be listened to. Rohr's logic/musings/reflections are less than linear, her swaps words out for one another (like "contemplation/non-duality/mysticism") and...well, it's just not easy to follow as an audiobook. Perhaps I would have given it a higher rating had I read the physical book/written words.
Rohr admits that the concept he is talking about is quite simple but also one of the hardest things to explain. I actually think Rohr over-complicates it. The mark that you know something well, thoroughly know it, is that you can make difficult things seem simple. I'm not quite sure Rohr gets there in this book. I wonder now, 15 years later, if, having had more time to practice contemplation/mysticism/non-duality, if he'd phrase things differently.
That being said, I generally "agree" with many of the things Rohr says and he did make some insightful insights into faith, experience, and mystism. It's just....a lot of words to get there.
I do wish the book had spent more time reflecting on the experiences of Christian mystics, the saints of the church, but alas. That's for another book.
Also this book was written in response to Eckhart's "The Power of Now" which I have not read.
Rohr admits that the concept he is talking about is quite simple but also one of the hardest things to explain. I actually think Rohr over-complicates it. The mark that you know something well, thoroughly know it, is that you can make difficult things seem simple. I'm not quite sure Rohr gets there in this book. I wonder now, 15 years later, if, having had more time to practice contemplation/mysticism/non-duality, if he'd phrase things differently.
That being said, I generally "agree" with many of the things Rohr says and he did make some insightful insights into faith, experience, and mystism. It's just....a lot of words to get there.
I do wish the book had spent more time reflecting on the experiences of Christian mystics, the saints of the church, but alas. That's for another book.
Also this book was written in response to Eckhart's "The Power of Now" which I have not read.