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The Great Work of Your Life
- A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling
- Narrated by: Kevin M. Connolly
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
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Summary
Discover the deep purpose hidden at the very core of your being
To know your true calling - your dharma, as the yogis say - is perhaps the greatest desire within each of us. And yet, few can say we know our purpose with absolute certainty. Fortunately, there is a time-tested guide - an ancient map - for discovering and fulfilling your unique calling. In The Great Work of Your Life, Stephen Cope walks you through each step of the journey.
Cope teaches that the secrets to unlocking the mystery of your dharma can be found in the spiritual classic the Bhagavad Gita - a timeless tale about the path to dharma, told through an instructive dialogue between the fabled archer Arjuna and his divine mentor, Krishna. In The Great Work of Your Life, Cope uses Arjuna's journey as a framework for each of us to discover our own dharma, masterfully weaving together stories of both well-known and ordinary Western lives. Throughout the book, Cope explores the "Four Pillars of Dharma", or the stages we move through as we fulfill our own true callings. Each pillar is illustrated with riveting true stories, including:
- Jane Goodall's ability to follow her heart without question
- The little-known tale of Walt Whitman's dharma discovery in the second half of life
- How living your purpose can be like training for the Olympics in the story of Susan B. Anthony
- Ludwig van Beethoven's triumphs over childhood abuse, depression, and going deaf
- Gandhi's transformation from tongue-tied youth to leader of the Indian independence movement
- Understanding how divine guidance works with the life of Harriet Tubman
- Additional insights and tales from the lives of both famous luminaries and everyday people
"We feel the happiest and most fulfilled when we bring highly concentrated effort to our true calling", teaches Cope. Moving and inspiring, The Great Work of Your Life is a call to action and step-by-step guide for each of us to discover and embrace our dharma.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-11-23
Simply wonderful reading
The variety of stories and people used to convey the deeper message was endlessly fascinating and inspiring
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- karol
- 11-03-18
transforming experience
this book has a power to transform! No need to force our willpower. The stories of this book touch something deeper than our personal will. the change happens by itself only by our focused and deep listening.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-01-20
Sublime
Eye-opening. if you've ever had the feeling you've discovered some inexplicable passion or talent within you but somehow life took you a different way, I believe this is a book that can lead to your reconnection.
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- J. Still
- 06-09-21
Disappointing
I was convinced by the hugely positive reviews of this book to think that it was going to better than it was, so maybe it's a question of having too high expectations. I found it hard to see the connection between the Bhagavad Gita and the story of my life, and at times, I felt there was something bordering on grandiose about the way the author encourages people to think that there is some big plan out there for your life. That is, I was hoping for a book that might help me with living my life as the person I am, rather than if I'd been born as Keats or Ghandi. By halfway through, I was sick of hearing the word dharma, and the slightly guilt-inducing subtext that if you didn't suss this out in time, you might miss the opportunity to save the world or be a famous poet. Having said all that, it wasn't terrible, and maybe you'll get something out of it, but it wasn't anything like as good as I had expected.
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