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What Do You Mean "Falling Upward"?
This webcast took place Saturday, May 21, 2011, 9 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. MDT
In the first half of life, we are naturally and rightly preoccupied with establishing our identity—climbing, achieving, and performing. But those concerns will not serve us as we grow older and begin to embark on a further journey, one that involves challenges, mistakes, loss of control, broader horizons, and necessary suffering that actually shocks us out of our prior comfort zone. Eventually, we need to see ourselves in a different and more life-giving way.
This message of "falling down"—that is in fact moving upward—is the most resisted and counterintuitive of messages in the world's religions, including and most especially Christianity. Drawing on the wisdom from time-honored myths, heroic poems, great thinkers, and sacred religious texts, Richard Rohr offers a new paradigm for understanding one of the most profound of life's mysteries: how the heartbreaks, disappointments, and first loves of life are actually stepping stones to the spiritual joys that the second half of life has in store for us.
What Do You Mean "Falling Upward"?
A Richard Rohr webcast presentation of his recent book, Falling Upward.
In the first half of life, we are naturally and rightly preoccupied with establishing our identity-- climbing, achieving, and performing. But those concerns will not serve us as we grow older and begin to embark on a further journey, one that involves challenges and mistakes that actually shock us out of our prior comfort zone.
Eventually we need to see ourselves in a different and more life-giving way.
This message of “falling down” – that is in fact moving upward – is the most resisted and counterintuitive of messages in the world’s religions, including and most especially Christianity.
In this talk Fr. Richard illustrates what he said in the book and why he felt the need to say it. He faces the questions of what matters and what doesn’t matter at all.
He is joined by Suzanne Stabile and Sheryl Fullerton in a dynamic Question and Response session.
Approximate length: 80 minutes.
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