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The Inner Landscape

By: John O'Donohue
Narrated by: John O'Donohue
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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.

©1997 John O'Donohue (P)1997 John O'Donohue
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A divine reading

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.

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A rich blessing to hear!

A truly rich and full blessing overflowing with Grace

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

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Wonderful wise and thought provoking

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

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Beautiful academic prose but superficial.

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.

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