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The Inner Landscape

Explore the Celtic way of welcoming paradox to bring you unending possibilities

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Our bodies are mere outlines of a vast and complex interior world, a landscape of contradiction and immense mystery. This Celtic view of the human condition predates Christianity yet survives to this day as part of Ireland's unique spiritual tradition. In The Inner Landscape, poet and Catholic scholar John O'Donohue explores the themes of self-exile and hardship and the Celtic way of welcoming paradox and finding precious light in the darkest valleys of our inner terrain.

Instead of fearing the contradictions of the outer world, O'Donohue begins, the Celtic people welcomed them. They developed special blessings for times of suffering in the belief that hardship leads to a special insight or gift of the spirit. When you learn the Celtic "secret of equilibrium" - how to see every difficulty as a threshold of possibility - you renew your life with unending possibilities. Despite our vast technologies, O'Donohue says, our real knowledge is minimal. Only within "the inner landscape" with which we are each blessed can true knowing take place.

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A very beautiful book beautifully read. Full of wisdom and blessings. A book to listen to again and again.

Wonderful wise and thought provoking

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He just takes you on a journey into his unique, soulful world. Every word is coming from Source. Blissful. His voice and timeless presence envelops you, holds you, guides you and provides a knowing beyond cognitive understanding.

A divine reading

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A truly rich and full blessing overflowing with Grace

I would recommend this book to all who are on a Spiritual Journey

A rich blessing to hear!

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This is beautifully written but somehow you feel the author’s gift with writing prose gets rather carried away so, when you just scratch the surface, there is very little practical advice. If you want to learn about the inner landscape, maybe read the Christian mystics, practice contemplation, or study and practice Buddhist techniques, but don’t follow an academic.

Beautiful academic prose but superficial.

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