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A Life at Work: Discovering What You Were Born to Do : Moore 영혼의 오푸스, 일의 즐거움




A Life at Work: The Joy of Discovering What You Were Born to Do
Thomas Moore

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A job is never just a job. It is always connected to a deep and invisible process of finding meaning in life through work. In Thomas Moore’s groundbreaking book Care of the Soul , he wrote of “the great malady of the twentieth century…the loss of soul.” That bestselling work taught readers ways to cultivate depth, genuineness, and soulfulness in their everyday lives, and became a beloved classic. Now, in A Life’s Work , Moore turns to an aspect of our lives that looms large in our self-regard, an aspect by which we may even define ourselves—our work. The workplace, Moore knows, is a laboratory where matters of soul are worked out. A Life’s Work is about finding the right job, yes, and it is also about uncovering and becoming the person you were meant to be.

Moore reveals the quest to find a life’s work in all its depth and mystery. All jobs, large and small, long-term and temporary, he writes, contribute to your life’s work. A particular job may be important because of the emotional rewards it offers or for the money. But beneath the surface, your labors are shaping your destiny for better or worse. If you ignore the deeper issues, you may not know the nature of your calling, and if you don’t do work that connects with your deep soul, you may always be dissatisfied, not only in your choice of work but in all other areas of life. Moore explores the often difficult process—the obstacles, blocks, and hardships of our own making—that we go through on our way to discovering our purpose, and reveals the joy that is our reward. He teaches us patience, models the necessary powers of reflection, and gives us the courage to keep going.

A Life’s Work is a beautiful rumination, realistic and poignant, and a comforting and exhilarating guide to one of life’s biggest dilemmas and one of its greatest opportunities.


188 pages, Hardcover

First published February 26, 2007
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A Life at Work: The Joy of Discovering What You Were Born to Do



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Hossein
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Love your work erotically...

The actual score of the book was maybe 4 stars (mainly because sometimes his words became repetitive and I got bored!) but I learned as much about myself and my world from reading it as a 5 star book. It's hard for me to recommend it to anyone, and I think it's one of those books that you have to be lucky enough to find at the right time.
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Inder
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April 10, 2008
You know, I have never made it through an entire book by Thomas Moore, despite feeling that his books are the sort of thing I should be interested in. His rambling musing style just doesn't do it for me. I thought maybe this book would be different, but it's just not keeping my attention. I'm halfway in, and I doubt I'll finish it.

My biggest problems:

1) I was tired of his alchemy analogy before he even used it. Is your life work like alchemy? But alchemists were idealistic, deluded idiots who believed you could make gold out of silver! How is this a good analogy for my life? Also, the analogy is propped up against the rest of his text in a really awkward way. It doesn't really relate to the rest of the book, and feels forced.

2) He seems to be saying that if I want to discover my life's work, I need to see tell my story to a sympathetic stranger, analyze my dreams, and generally, get some therapy. Well, I'm sure the therapists of the world are happy about this advice. But it shouldn't take 200 pages to say "know thyself." The advice is redundant and worse, devoid of any actual content. "See a therapist" is advice the same way "Get advice" is advice.

3) It's one of these books where the goal seems to be to get the reader to "think critically" and it feels like a condescending lecture from my high school English teacher, but devoid of any actual critical ideas. Just a conclusory "Don't believe everything you think."

It's too bad, because Moore's books always seem right up my alley and so promising. But I've never actually been able to read one, so maybe I should give up.
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I read this book by a lot of luck and the day we bought books with my friend and when the envelopes of our books were separated, we brought them home by mistake and decided to keep them for a month to read them. And that's how I read my friend's choice.
Work as life has helped me to realize that I have taken the right steps in many places along the path of life and I have realized that sometimes in our modern society we tend to think too much and expect too much from ourselves in trying to live our lives. have our own It is as if we have been brought up in such a way that we consider life to be more of a battle instead of a deep and rich journey. Maybe I have not chosen many of the path of life right, but this is still my path and the places where I have achieved a lot of success are enough for me to be happy. When reading the lives of the people in this book and thinking about myself, I felt really comfortable and satisfied, and I know that I have actually followed my dreams. I am ready to start life with open arms and I know exactly what I will do and achieve.
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I am going to credit this book mostly with the fact that it helped me to understand that I have been on the correct and most fulfilling life path all along. In other words, Thomas Moore once again helped me to see that sometimes in our modern society we have a tendency to think too much and expect way too much of ourselves in our life quest. We tend to see life as more a battle to be fought rather than a journey that must be deep and enriching and meant for us and who we are as individuals. I may have not had the most traditional life path, but it is still mine and I have accomplished so much. Thank you Thomas Moore for helping me along in this realization. I feel comfortable and content for maybe the first time in my life knowing that I have in fact been following my dreams. I am ready to start the second half of my life with open arms knowing exactly what I will be doing and accomplishing.

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March 16, 2015
I plowed through this one in audio format for a class. Moore has a background in the priesthood, music and Jungian psychology. This book is an exploration of self-actualization as a function of work. It is really about much more than vocation. The book seemed so deeply influenced by the theories of Jung that I question how accessible this book would be to someone not interested in psychology. Other reviewers on this site have raised issue with the Alchemy metaphors— this is straight out of Jung and quite interesting if you are into dream work. Daimons, duende, Saturn and Puer…. I think these concepts would be too much for many of the people who really need this book. On the other hand, Moore presents deep wisdom for those people with the mental strength to stay with him. Not for everyone, great for some people.
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August 3, 2016
An interesting examination of what makes up one's life work, how to bring inspiration to the daily grind and how to make room for your passions. I also found it fascinating that he brings up how much job mismatch can depress people. I read it at an interesting juncture in my career and it was a good reminder that, despite the fact that many people's jobs and passions are one, it doesn't have to be that way for everyone. Takes the pressure off. Moore writes beautifully. I can see this being a book you'd revisit from time to time when you're feeling disconnect between what you do at your desk and who you want to be.

(3.5-3.75. Rounding up!)
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Waste of time.

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Want to readJanuary 24, 2011
Part of Oliver DeMille's review of this book is this:

"Above all, this is a book about depth. So much in life is shallow, but your life itself must find real depth in order to find true success, happiness and meaning. There are so many books in this genre, but this is certainly among the very best! Whatever you do, be sure to read pages 91-95, and study the section on how our most important answers in life don't come rationally (p. 122-140)! Finally, what are the phases of your life so far? And ahead? What are the most important passages you've been through? What inspires you the most? And who?

The message of this book is a must in our generation---a call to become who we really are, to do what we were born for. In a world of career path and limiting structure, this book is a call to be ourselves. and a guide on how to do it. Whether you agree or disagree with the specifics (and I did both), the general ideas are considered and discussed far too little in our society. This book is a remedy! I highly recommend it."

I just wanted to make note of it so that when I read it I will be able reference the above.

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Although at first I started the book very enthusiastically and I wanted to see what book Malekian wrote the introduction about, but I really liked it. The book does not have any special content to present and it is more like a mullah is sitting there and is roasting a series of principles and increasing the volume of the book.
Of course, Moore's writing and thinking style is completely this model, and he was a priest before, but I expected something else from the book.
The translation of the book is not very pleasant and I do not recommend it at all.

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A Life at Work: The Joy of Discovering What You Were Born to Do Preloaded Digital Audio Player – 1 November 2008
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A guide to finding meaning, fulfillment, and satisfaction in one's professional life discusses the difficult and transformative process of uncovering life's deepest purpose and explains how to overcome obstacles and challenges.
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Randy Greene
3.0 out of 5 stars Probably good for some, but not for me.
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Thomas Moore’s eclectic background in spirituality, education, music, and psychotherapy prepared him uniquely to write A Life at Work, and the reader can see the influence each had on Moore’s approach to the book. The book endeavors to take readers on a journey to better know themselves in order to discover the work that will bring them a sense of meaning and fulfillment; to illustrate his points throughout the book, Moore uses an analogy of an alchemist concocting an elixir of life, drawing parallels with life application from the ingredients of the elixir and from the drive with which the alchemist pursues his goal.

Moore opens with a brief look at the frustration and disillusionment many people feel with their current careers before describing the challenge and reward of embarking on this quest to find the calling of one’s life. He discusses the soul and spirit of work as understanding the depth of oneself. “Deep,” he says, “is perhaps the best word to describe the experience of the soul…. Soul is there in the most ordinary circumstances of life, but it is their mystery and their depth” (30). From there, Moore challenges readers to confront the pains of their past and use them as a tool to acknowledge the root of what motivates them and stirs their passions. The final chapters of the book address the need for self-care, ways to deal with struggles as they arise, the importance of loving one’s work in spite of (and sometimes because of) those struggles, and the benefit of developing a well-rounded, multifaceted life as a complement to one’s work.

Moore has a graceful style that draws upon the deep recesses of spirituality within us all. His poetic tone, in partnership with his continual analogical references to the alchemy process, creates a mystical sense of profundity within the text. Readers who long to find meaning in their lives and work will likely resonate with this intense spiritual approach and be compelled to begin their journey to a state of fulfillment. The book skillfully addresses several common misconceptions about what it means to find one’s life work and provides a general direction of how to achieve it.

I had two primary issues with this book: first, it fails to give concrete steps for the reader to take; second, it largely does not apply to me in my particular situation.

As with many texts in the self-help genre, A Life at Work pursues motivational goals more than actionable ones. While the book does give guidance that is helpful in a general sense, the underlying message it communicates is that the reader cannot truly understand themselves - and therefore their life work - without the help of an experienced counselor. Given the intimately personal nature of an individual’s calling, there is certainly a measure of truth to this idea, but it feels contrary to the book’s purpose. On the face of it, Moore seems to have promised a guide to discovering the soul and spirit of meaningful work, but the undercurrent of the text itself indicates that no book can accomplish that promise.

In addition, Moore’s book failed to connect with me because I am already engaged in a career and role in which I find wonderful purpose and meaning. I do not relate to the feeling of being stuck that he describes in the first chapter, so the rest of the book falls flat against my particular life situation. This is not a knock against the book itself - as I mentioned earlier, it probably resonates well with people in that place in their lives - but I could not find an application in my own life for most of Moore’s recommendations.

While I understand the value of the book and its relevancy to the readers for which it was written, I do not fall within Moore’s target audience so the value of the work was, unfortunately, lost on me.
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Mrs.B
5.0 out of 5 stars I love Thomas Moore's books !
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Tom Moore has a 'song to sing' and it is something about allowing your soul to have life and breath - to grow, deepen and be enriched by whatever comes your way on the journey of life. He is a master guide who writes with love and compassion for his readers and an integrity and honesty about himself. In our family, we all say he is 'permission-giving'. I have had this book for a while now, but recently rebought it for my daughter(another fan !) who has reached a stage in life where she is making major new starts and struggling to work out what direction she wants to take, jobs to apply for etc. She found Moore's approach so helpful for regaining perspective and giving herself space to reflect on what matters to her - what is her life 'opus' as he calls it. He is able to bring his unique slant to an area of life that can often get left out of the spiritual arena and breathe new life into our understanding of what we mean by 'work'.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book inspired me to set up my own business
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This is a great book for anyone who wants to think more deeply about their work and purpose in life. I had read Care for the Soul and Dark Night of the Soul before reading this book and found it insightful. In fact I liked the book's approach to careers and work so much that it inspired me to set up a business called A Life at Work which offers residential career retreats which have been influenced by the book. For some people for spiritual aspects may not appeal if they are looking for something practical, but there are lots of those sorts of books out there. This definitely offers a different perspective and one that needs time to reflect on.
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Diane, Northern Ireland
5.0 out of 5 stars It engaged me
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I liked this book. Much more engaging than Care of the Soul. Whether he meant to or not, the author summed up the whole message of the book in three criteria - ie. work needs to be meaningful, ethical and carried out ethically. However I liked the person who was speaking to me through the book, and the anecdotes from therapy held my attention. An original thinker, whose take on one of the parables switched my mind around. I totally get what he is trying to say about bringing the "kingdom of God" into the workplace. It has made me think deeply and is now one of my favourite books - the sort I will dip into again and again.
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Ms. Elinor Perrin
4.0 out of 5 stars its like having a normal conversation with someone about life
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In the process of reading it, its like having a normal conversation with someone about life. Not sure how its going to end, or if its going to motivate me to finding or working out what my true calling will be. I think I do already know what it is, however I really dont know how to get there or if its just a childhood dream and going to support me!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable and enlightening
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Thomas Moore does not disappoint. I wasn’t sure I wanted to read this particular book at this point in my life, but I read the sample and was hooked! Now one of my favorite books.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great author! I eat up everything he writes
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A must-read d’or anyone soul searching their way to a new career, vocation, life... I love this author and every book I’ve picked up by him has not failed me!
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3.0 out of 5 stars A helpful read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 10 February 2017
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This book is a thoughtful look at what a life at work is about. I would recommend seekers to use it in conjunction with other books that can be even more specific such as : Please Understand Me 2 and Follow your true colours to the work you love by Carolyn Kalil. Or whatever else helps! It takes time to know oneself and to be in a place to be contemplative about one's life and work experiences....to find the nuggets of wisdom about the way forward
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William J. Corbett
5.0 out of 5 stars A six star opinion, a five star rating.
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Thomas Moore teaches from a place of experience, knowledge, in depth study, and vunerability. Soul and heart are often missing in people's chosen career paths in today's business climate.

A focus on inner work (removing the log from my eye, instead of focusing on the splinter in other's eyes) is required to awaken and implement the profound ideas in this 6 star book.

If we don't connect immediately with the message in A Life at Work, sit with it a while; this gem will put a strong foundation under your dream job. If on the other hand, you find yourself saying, "wow, I really get this, enjoy the ride.
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Emilio Mart�
4.0 out of 5 stars Thomas Moore has done better
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This is a book for fans of Moore or for somebody who is really at a lost in the spiritual realm of his/her professional life. The book is not up to the other books of Moore, as Care of the Soul, but actually it would be hard to do in such a short volume. Although the subject is so serious / important, the treatment is, so, almost light. Yet all the basics of Moore are there: we need to reflect on our lives, find meaning on them, so we can enjoy the mysteries our souls are looking for.
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Do you have a job - or a vocation? A career, or a calling to a special destiny? In this thought-provoking program, Thomas Moore shares his vision of what we can do to restore fullness and depth to this dispirited dimension of our lives. Moore uncovers the sacred roots of work life, and shows how, even in this age of technology, it remains a direct path to discovering who we really are. Thomas Moore on Meaningful Work explores: the task of finding a true calling; explains why we must allow ourselves to fail; describes how Victorian craftsman William Morris defied "burnout"; suggests ways to make work a more spiritual activity; and provides exercises to resolve money issues and career crises.
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Martin Chester Laramie
28-11-2021

Informative definition of work as a vocation.

The author shares his real life experiences and how they led him to become a writer.
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Roger
26-08-2016

Illuminating!

I have always admired people whose entire life seems to be integrated with what they do. they work at a calling with passion. I have wondered why what I do seems to be separate from what I live even though I enjoy or even love what I do.

This book brings much clarity around the whole topic of work being more than a job, something you do for money. through the instruction given in this book I now realize my work's significance in the larger scheme of my life
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Moore was an assigned reading in grad school

about 15 years ago and he continues to enlighten and guide me.
 This one and Care of the Soul are my favorites.
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25-06-2015

Very deep and meaningful.

I especially like Thomas Moore reading his own book.
I also like his examples from his life experiences.
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영혼의 오푸스, 일의 즐거움 - 당신의 삶을 위대한 작품으로 완성시켜줄 운명의 일을 하라
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뉴욕타임스 베스트셀러 46주 연속 1위라는 기록을 세운 <영혼의 돌봄>의 작가 토머스 무어가 현대인의 삶의 질을 가장 크게 좌우하며 개인의 자존감을 지배하는 영역, 바로 일에 대한 깊은 통찰을 보여준다. 연봉, 승진, 성공과 같은 외적인 결과에만 관심이 있고 삶의 궁극적인 방향에 대해 고민하는 것을 미루려는 사람들에게 잠시 길을 멈추고 자신을 들여다보라고 충고한다. 그리고 스스로 해답을 찾을 방법을 알려준다.

어떤 일을 하며 살아야하는지에 대해 사람들은 쉽고 빠른 답을 얻기를 원하지만 토머스 무어는 답을 제시하는 대신 스스로 발견할 수 있도록 다양한 방법을 가르쳐준다. 일의 즐거움을 찾기 위해 오로지 일에만 초점을 맞추지 말고 시선을 넓게 확장하여 인생 전반에 걸쳐 자신을 들여다보는 것이 선행되어야 한다고 거듭 강조한다.

그리고 언제든 맞닥뜨릴 수 있는 실패, 혼돈 속에서 새로운 기회를 잡는 동시에 자신만의 정체성을 찾을 계기로 삼으라고 말한다. 그렇게 발견한 자신의 모습을 일과 삶에 투영시키면 삶을 꾸려가는 자신만의 스타일을 찾게 되어 타인의 잣대와 평가에도 쉽게 흔들리지 않고 자신의 일을 사랑하게 된다고 설명한다.


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서문 : 영혼의 연금술로 평생의 일 찾기

1장 정체된 삶에서 벗어나라
정체된 인생
세상과의 싸움

2장 소명에 응답하는 삶
누구 혹은 무엇에 의한 부름인가?
변화를 두려워 말라
소명에 충실하라

3장 일터에 영혼과 정신을 불어넣어라
영혼으로 숨을 쉬라
자신의 일을 사랑하라
상승하는 정신
일터에서의 영혼과 정신
일터에서 영혼과 정신을 길러라

4장 과거와 화해하라
실패
끈질길 과거
어두운 과거가 빛으로
과거를 명확히 분석하라

5장 혼돈 속에서 창조력을 발휘하라
제일질료, 즉 당신의 원재료
좋은 유리 용기를 찾아라
솔직한 이야기를 이끌어내는 기법들
실패 속에 상상력 발휘하기
영감은 상상력을 키워준다
꿈은 상상력을 자극한다

6장 성공의 탑 속에 갇힌 인생
자신의 뿌리와 재회하라
자신의 깊은 감정을 돌아보라
인생의 깊이를 얻는 방법

7장 일터에서 영혼을 돌보라
자신의 정체성을 찾아라
혼이 살아있는 라이프스타일
영혼을 살찌우는 스포츠

8장 두 발을 땅에 디디고 높이 날아올라라
명성과 인정
사투르누스적인 일터 vs. 베누스적인 일터
즐거운 일터

9장 자신의 다이몬을 알라
다이몬과의 갈등
시련을 예상하라
다이몬을 일깨우는 교육
다이몬과 두엔데

10장 자신이 하는 일을 사랑하라
사랑의 종류
에로스와 즐거움
일터의 친구들
이타적인 사랑, 아가페
자신의 일을 사랑하라

11장 일은 곧 영적 활동이다
가치관의 변화
영적 활동으로서의 윤리
영적 활동으로서의 비지니스
일터의 영성
명상
불가사의

12장 풍요로운 삶
평생의 일은 다면적이다
평생의 일
중첩되는 일들
취미 활동들
평생의 일의 본질

결론 : 영혼의 오푸스
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책속에서


P. 20오푸스는 삶의 조각들을 맞춰 진정한 사람이 되어가는 과정이며, 이 단어가 음악 작품이나 예술 작품의 의미로도 사용되는 것은 결코 우연이 아니다. 예로부터 연금술사들은 오푸스라는 단어를 일뿐 아니라 예술의 뜻으로도 사용했다. 사람도 일종의 예술 작품이다. 우리는 자기 삶을 빚는 예술가이며, 이러한 예술 활동이 우리에게 가장 중요한 일이다. 우리는 살면서 행복한 자녀들, 화목한 가정, 좋은 사회, 훌륭한 예술품 같은 뿌듯한 작품들을 만들어내며, 이런 과정을 통해 독특한 존재로 자리 잡아간다. 이보다 더 아름답고 중요한 일은 없다. 하지만 잠재력을 깨닫지 못하면 인생 전반에 대한 불만족이 뿌리를 내린다. 접기
P. 28~29인류에 큰 공헌을 한 많은 창조적인 사람들이 처음부터 리더이자 기대주였던 것은 아니다. 그들이 오늘날 우리가 아는 위인으로 성장하기까지는 적잖은 시간이 걸렸다. 좋은 예가 바로 영국의 싱어송라이터 스팅이다. 더없이 솔직하고 감동적인 그의 자서전『Broken Music』이 증명해주듯 그는 훌륭한 가수이자 탁월한 작가이기도 하다. 자서전의 내용에 따르면 그에게도 먹고살기에 바빴던 젊은 시절이 있었다. 그는 건설 현장 잡부로 일하다가 버스 안내인과 공무원을 거쳐 나중에는 초등학교 교사가 되었다. 그 후 과감한 도전으로 마침내 전문 음악인이 되었다. 스팅이 버스에서 당신의 차표를 받는다고 상상해보라. 그가 당신의 차표에 도장을 찍으며 한숨을 푹 내쉰다. “뭘 하며 살아야 할지 모르겠어요. 평생 이 일을 할 수는 없잖아요.” 현재의 부와 명성을 생각하면 정말 이해할 수 없는 말이다. 하지만 당시에는 그도 자신이 ‘스팅’이 될 줄은 전혀 몰랐다. 그가 모험을 하지 않았다면 평생 버스 안내인으로 살았을지도 모를 일이다. 물론 버스 안내인이 불행한 직업은 아니지만, 그것이 그의 주체 못할 창의성을 표출할 통로는 되어주지 못했을 것이다. 접기
P. 75어떤 이들은 자신에게 중요한 가치들과 어울리지 않는 일터에서 일한다. 지역사회의 일에 적극적으로 나서는 회사에서 일하고 싶은데 당장 먹고살 길이 없이 만족스럽지 않은 회사를 그냥 다니는 사람도 있다. 그런가 하면 성공 지향적인 조직 문화에 물들어 보상과 명성을 통한 수직 상승만을 추구하는 사람도 있다. 그의 정신은 계급 문화의 통제를 받고 있다. 거대한 인생관을 품고 있지만 그 이상을 담기에는 너무 작고 조잡한 일을 하는 사람, 세상을 더 좋은 곳으로 바꾸고 싶지만 그런 거창한 야망과 전혀 상관없는 일을 하는 사람, 창의적인 아이디어가 넘쳐나지만 사고 치지 않고 얌전히 규칙만 따르는 직원을 원하는 조직에서 일하는 사람……. 이처럼 우리에게 먹고살 돈을 주지만 야망과 이상을 펼칠 기회는 주지 않는 힘 있는 세력들이 우리의 정신을 억압하고 짓밟기도 한다. 이런 정신의 짓밟힘은 일과 관련된 또 다른 형태의 우울증으로 요즘 세상에 만연해 있다. 접기
P. 254수지를 처음 만났을 때 그녀는 보험 중개인으로 일하고 있었는데, 그 일은 그녀에게 맞지 않았고, 결국 성공하지 못한 그녀는 밴드 매니저라는 흥미진진한 일을 얻었다. 그녀는 이 일을 하며 보험에서보다 훨씬 더 큰 의미를 찾았다. 그러나 수지는 예전부터 늘 심리학에 큰 관심을 보였다. 몇 년간 연락이 끊겼다가 다시 만났더니, 아니나 다를까 그녀는 심리치료를 공부하고 있었다. 당시 그녀는 그 어느 때보다도 행복해 보였다. “제 일이 언제나 좋았어요. 심지어 보험도 나름대로 재미있었고요. 하지만 이만큼 큰 의미를 느낀 적은 없어요.” 이와 같은 수지의 우여곡절 많은 인생행로는 우리를 평생의 일로 안내하는 과정을 잘 보여준다. 남들을 돕고자 하는 그녀의 욕망은 여러 직업들에서 분명히 나타났지만, 심리치료사의 길을 선택하면서 전면으로 부각되었다. 접기


추천글
오랫동안 토머스 무어는 우리에게 평범함 속에 숨겨진 신성함을 발견하는 법을 가르쳐주었다. 더없이 유용한 이 책에서 그는 일의 신성한 차원을 발견하고, 그 과정에서 삶의 의미를 찾는 법을 보여준다.
- 해롤드 쿠쉬너 (<왜 착한 사람에게 나쁜 일이 일어날까>의 저자)

영감과 지혜로 빚어진 토머스 무어의 또 다른 걸작을 꼭 읽으라. 영혼의 의지와 육체의 일을 하나로 통합할 수 있으리라.
- 마틴 쉰 (배우, 사회운동가)

낙하산의 색깔이 뭐가 그리 중요한가? 여기 나는 법을 가르쳐주는 책이 있다. 나는 왜 창조되었는가? 무어는 옛 우화, 현대의 심리 치료, 개인적인 일화, 그리고 무엇보다 보기 드문 지혜를 통해 인생 최대의 이 질문을 속 시원하게 파헤친다. 이 책을 자신에게 선물하라.
- 로렌스 쿠스너 (랍비,『Kabbalah: A Love Story』의 저자)

가끔 내 세상을 멈추게 만드는 탁월한 책에 충격을 받곤 한다. 그런 책은 세상을 다른 시각으로, 더 광범위하고 의미 있는 시각으로 보게 만든다. 토머스 무어 덕분에 나의 잃어버린 조각 하나를 찾았다.
- 존 브래드쇼

영성과 심리학을 솜씨 좋게 버무린 이 책에서 무어는 일을 통해 만족감과 성취감을 느껴야 한다고 말한다.
- Tucson Citizen




저자 및 역자소개
토마스 무어 (Thomas Moore) (지은이)

세계적인 영성지도자이자 심리치료사인 토머스 무어는『영혼의 돌봄』으로『뉴욕 타임스』46주 연속 1위라는 경이로운 기록을 세운 베스트셀러 저자이다. 그는 융 심리학, 원형 심리학, 신화, 예술에 관한 많은 글을 발표해 왔으며『영혼의 돌봄』『영혼의 종교』『섹스의 영혼』등 열다섯 권의 책을 집필했다. 그의 책들은 삶의 모든 측면에서 영성의 깊이를 더하고 영혼을 돌보는 문제를 다루고 있다. 토머스 무어는 수도사, 음악가, 대학 교수, 심리치료사로 활동했으며, 현재는 전인적 의료, 영성, 심리치료, 생태학에 관해 북아메리카와 유럽 등지에서 강연하고 있다. 가톨릭 수사로 12년을 살기도 하였던 무어는 드폴대학교에서 음악과 철학을 배웠고 미시간대학교에서는 음악학석사, 윈저대학교에서는 신학석사를 받았으며 시러큐스대학교에서는 종교학으로 철학박사 학위를 받았다. 소설 집필과 작곡도 병행하는 그는 예술가이자 요가 강사인 아내 조앤 핸리와도 다양한 작업을 함께하고 있다.『Resurgence』『Spirituality & Health』지와 Beliefnet.com에 정기적으로 칼럼을 기고하며 두 아이와 부인과 함께 뉴잉글랜드에서 살고 있다. 접기

최근작 : <나이 공부>,<[POD] 유토피아 : Utopia (영어 원서)>,<영혼의 오푸스, 일의 즐거움> … 총 44종 (모두보기)

정성묵 (옮긴이)
저자파일
신간알리미 신청

광운대학교에서 영어영문학을 전공하고, 현재 ‘하나님의 말씀’을 주제로 하는 책의 전문 번역가로 활동 중이다. 2015년 문서선교협력위원회가 선정한 ‘올해의 역자상’을 수상했다. 역서로는 『이끎』, 『온전한 그리스도』, 『하나님은 왜 우리를 어려운 길로 돌아가게 하시는가』(이상 디모데), 『팬인가, 제자인가』, 『죽은 교회를 부검하다』(이상 두란노) 등이 있다.

최근작 : <영향력> … 총 338종 (모두보기)




출판사 제공 책소개

뉴욕타임스 베스트셀러 46주 연속 1위『영혼의 돌봄』토머스 무어 신작
꿈과 열정을 상실한 채 하루하루를 마지못해 견뎌내는가?
진짜 삶은 퇴근 후에 시작된다고 느끼는가?
삶의 방향을 놓쳐버린 현대인에게 던지는 냉철한 질문과 실천적 치유법!

“뭘 하며 살아야 할지 모르겠어요. 확실한 건, 이 일은 아니라는 거예요.”
영혼이 상실된 일터가 ‘좀비들의 집합소’가 되어가고 있다면……

얼마 전 한 취업포털사이트 조사 결과 전체 응답자 가운데 5명 중 3명이 출근을 하면 무기력함을 느낀다고 대답해 화제가 되었다. 무려 반이 넘는 직장인들이 아침에 집을 나서는 순간부터 일에 대한 스트레스로 우울해한다는 것은 놀랍고도 안타까운 소식이다. 이들이 회사 우울증을 호소하는 이유로는 과도한 업무량, 불확실한 비전, 낮은 연봉, 재미없는 업무, 상사와의 마찰 등을 꼽았다. 많은 사람들이 우울증과 더불어 만성 소화불량, 두통, 신경증을 앓고 있으면서도 정작 그 원인을 일에서 찾는 경우는 드물다. 일이란 어차피 고역이고, 먹고 살기 위해서 참고 견뎌야만 하는 것이라는 생각이 현대인에게 깊게 뿌리박혀 있기 때문이다. 그래서 대부분의 직장인들이 일에서 찾지 못한 즐거움을 퇴근 후와 주말, 휴가 기간에 찾으려고 하며 억지로 출퇴근을 반복하는 악순환의 고리를 끊지 못하고 있다. 이러한 현상에 대해 세계적인 심리치료사 토머스 무어는 현대의 일터가 영혼이 상실된 ‘좀비들의 집합소’와 다름없다고 지적하면서 이제라도 일터의 불행을 간과할 것이 아니라 불만족의 뿌리를 찾아내야 한다고 주장한다. 오랜 심리 치료 상담 경험을 통해 토머스 무어는 일과 연관되어 나타나는 개개인의 우울증, 인생의 문제들을 풍부한 상담 사례를 들어 해결 과정을 상세히 보여주며, 각각의 상황에 따른 원인을 분석하여 누구나 쉽게 접근할 수 있는 실천적인 치유법을 제시해 준다.

『영혼의 오푸스, 일의 즐거움』의 저자 토머스 무어는 초대형 베스트셀러『영혼의 돌봄』으로『뉴욕 타임스』46주 연속 1위라는 경이로운 기록을 세웠으며 세계적인 영성지도자, 심리치료사로 활동 중인데, ‘21세기 최대의 질병, 영혼의 상실’을 주제로 수백만 독자들의 영혼을 치유해 온 바 있다. 이제 그가 현대인의 삶의 질을 가장 크게 좌우하며 개인의 자존감을 지배하는 영역, 바로 일에 대한 깊은 통찰을 보여준다. 자신이 하고 있는 일과 인생의 문제에 대해 미시적인 측면만 바라보고, 삶의 비전에 대해서는 입도 뻥긋하지 않으면서 어떻게 살아야할지 모르겠다고 푸념하는 현대인에게 토머스 무어는 일과 삶의 질의 상관 관계에 대한 냉철한 화두를 던진다. 연봉, 승진, 성공과 같은 외적인 결과에만 관심이 있고 삶의 궁극적인 방향에 대해 고민하는 것을 미루려는 사람들에게 잠시 길을 멈추고 자신을 들여다보라고 충고한다. 그리고 스스로 해답을 찾을 방법을 넌지시 알려준다.

영국의 유명한 싱어송라이터 스팅은 가수가 되기까지 건설 현장 잡부, 버스 안내인, 공무원, 초등학교 교사를 거쳤다고 한다. 우리 주변에도 평범한 가정주부에서 뒤늦게 학업을 시작하여 자신의 꿈을 이룬 사람, 학원 강사였다가 작가가 된 사람 등 한 가지 일에 정착하기보다 다양한 일을 시도하며 살아가는 사람들이 있다. 하지만 대부분의 사람들은 자신에게 중요한 가치들과 맞지 않는 일을 하면서도 안정된 생활을 유지하기 위해 내면의 욕망은 짐짓 외면한다. 그렇게 일의 즐거움과 보람이 상실된 삶을 살아가는 사람들은 공허함, 우울증을 느끼고 이 상태가 지속되면 심각한 좌절감, 환멸, 정체감으로 발전되어 생활 전반의 균형이 깨진다. 최악의 경우 알콜 중독, 가정 불화 등으로 이어지는 경우를 주변에서 흔히 접할 수 있다.

많은 취업준비생들은 어떠한 일을 하게 될지도 모르면서 ‘철밥통’ 이라는 이유만으로 공무원, 공기업 취업을 준비한다. 그리고 일과 즐거움을 함께 이야기 하는 것은 허망한 꿈에 불과하다고 체념해버리곤 한다. 이처럼 사회가 세운 기준과 잣대, 성공의 척도로만 일을 이야기 하는 현대인들은 적절한 곳에서 적절한 일을 하고 있다는 자각에서 오는 깊은 만족과 즐거움이야말로 자신의 존재 이유를 가장 손쉽게 설명할 수 있는 방법이 됨을 스스로에게 환기시킬 필요가 있다.

자신의 일을 위대한 작품으로 완성시켜라

어떤 일을 하며 살아야하는지에 대해 사람들은 쉽고 빠른 답을 얻기를 원하지만 토머스 무어는 답을 제시하는 대신 스스로 발견할 수 있도록 다양한 방법을 가르쳐준다. 삶의 방향을 되찾을 실천적인 처방을 순차적으로 정리하면, 첫째는 역시 자신을 깊이 들여다보는 것이다. 일의 즐거움을 찾기 위해 오로지 일에만 초점을 맞추지 말고 시선을 넓게 확장하여 인생 전반에 걸쳐 자신을 들여다보는 것이 선행되어야 한다고 거듭 강조한다. 그리고 언제든 맞닥뜨릴 수 있는 실패, 혼돈 속에서 새로운 기회를 잡는 동시에 자신만의 정체성을 찾을 계기로 삼으라고 말한다. 그렇게 발견한 자신의 모습을 일과 삶에 투영시키면 삶을 꾸려가는 자신만의 스타일을 찾게 되어 타인의 잣대와 평가에도 쉽게 흔들리지 않고 자신의 일을 사랑하게 된다고 설명한다.

구체적인 실천 방안으로 명상과 독서, 자신의 이야기를 시작하기, 꿈에 대한 구체적인 그림 그리기 등을 꼽는다. 한편 발상의 전환을 통한 사소한 변화가 일의 열정을 되살리는 열쇠가 될 수 있다는 힌트를 주기 위해 여러 실제 사례들을 들려준다. 가정 주부였던 패스티는 여가 시간을 활용해 지역사회를 위한 모금 활동에 참여했는데 이 일에 강한 소명 의식을 느껴 뒤늦게 대학을 진학하여 학위를 따고, 전문가로 성장했다. 이는 공동체 참여가 직업적 활동으로 발전할 수 있는 하나의 동기 부여가 될 수 있음을 보여준다. 한편 법조계에 몸담았으나 경직된 조직에 적응하지 못했던 벤은 우연한 기회에 요트를 배우기 시작했는데, 활력이 넘치고 흥미진진한 이 취미 활동을 일로 연결시켜 요트 강사로 만족스런 삶을 다시 시작하게 됐다. 이러한 사례들은 새로운 일을 발견하는 계기에 목말라 있는 사람에게 충분한 자극이 될 만하다.

『영혼의 오푸스, 일의 즐거움』을 통해 토머스 무어는 우리 모두가 자기 삶을 빚는 예술가라고 말한다. 살아가면서 훌륭한 작품들을 만들어 내며 독특한 존재로 자리 잡아 가는데, 자신의 존재 가치를 높이는 작품은 결국 일을 통해 완성된다는 것이다. 영혼의 위대한 걸작, 오푸스는 처음부터 완성된 형태가 아니라 땀과 눈물을 흘리며 자아를 찾고, 좋은 커리어를 쌓고, 삶을 꾸리는 기나긴 과정을 필요로 한다.『영혼의 오푸스, 일의 즐거움』에서 토머스 무어가 전하는 유용한 지침과 따뜻한 격려를 통해 우리 모두의 위대한 작품, 오푸스를 완성하는 긴 여정을 조금은 단축시킬 수 있을 것이다. 접기

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Soul Mates: Honoring the Mysteries of Love and Relationship : Moore MD, Thomas: Amazon.com.au: Books

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Soul Mates: Honoring the Mysteries of Love and Relationship Paperback – 16 February 2016
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This companion volume to Care of the Soul offers more of Thomas Moore's inspiring wisdom and empathy as it expands on his ideas about life, love, and the mysteries of human relationships.

In Care of the Soul, Thomas Moore explored the importance of nurturing the soul and struck a chord nationwide--the book became a long-standing bestseller, topping charts across the country.

Building on that book's wisdom, Soul Mates explores how relationships of all kinds enhance our lives and fulfill the needs of our souls. Moore emphasizes the difficulties that inevitably accompany many relationships and focuses on the need to work through these differences in order to experience the deep reward that comes with intimacy and unconfined love.
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"I devoured Soul Mates like some comfort food for the spirit . . . Moore moves love off the fast track and into the realm of mystery and imagination where it belongs." -- New Woman

"[Moore] delights in plainness, things imperfect, ragged edges, loose ends, failures, flops, incompletions, annoyances, dissatisfactions. The comfort he offers is that in such shortfalls from ultimacy and salvation, we may find our richest reality. The soul's fertility is slow and organic." -- New Orleans Times Picayune

"An eloquent, passionate, often mystical exploration of how we mere mortals might better understand ourselves and others in a late-20th century society in which so much emphasis is placed on interpersonal dynamics and so little on introspection, care, grace, gratitude and honor." -- Detroit News

"In richly textured and shaded prose, he evokes mythology, poetry and sacred and philosophical traditions to speak not to our agendas but to our souls." -- San Francisco Chronicle
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Thomas Moore is the author of the bestselling Care of the Soul and twenty other books on spirituality and depth psychology that have been translated into thirty languages. He has been practicing depth psychotherapy for thirty-five years. He lectures and gives workshops in several countries on depth spirituality, soulful medicine, and psychotherapy. He has been a monk and a university professor, and is a consultant for organizations and spiritual leaders. He has often been on television and radio, most recently on Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul Sunday.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (16 February 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Thomas Moore is the author of the bestselling book Care of the Soul and thirty other books on deepening spirituality and cultivating soul in every aspect of life. He has been a monk, a musician, a university professor, and a psychotherapist. He has Ph. D. in religion from Syracuse University and has won several awards, including an honorary doctorate from Lesley University and the Humanitarian Award from Einstein Medical School. He also writes fiction and music and often works with his wife, artist Joan Hanley. He has a background in music composition and plays the piano daily as a kind of meditation. His most recent book is Soul Therapy: The Art and Craft of Caring Conversations.
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I think that the best advice one can gain from this book is to explore both the darkness and the light in love and life and see them as necessary cycles that will and must unfold. Live life as poetry unfolding. A very worthwhile read.

Was interested when Moore praised the Medici sponsored humanist Marsilio Ficino. Was reading more on Ficino and found one of the most vulgar misogynist statements I have ever read from a philosopher: "Women should be used like chamber pots: hidden away once a man has pissed in them." How often are heroes deeply flawed. It is ironic that "Soul Mates" is subtitled "Honoring the Mysteries of Love and Relationship" and the fifth chapter is introduced around Ficino and his community. I like Moore and his books, but find the lack of realistic interrogation of heroes troubling. I find misogyny one of the most vile, stupid, and blameworthy of all cultural and civilizational phenomena. It is interesting as well that Ficino is credited with introducing the term and concept of "platonic love" into the West while his proclivities may or may not have been so "platonic".
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Wonderful book. I learned that a soul mate is not necessarily a person of the opposite sex that you fall in love with on the first sight. Every person walking on this earth in my life time is my potential soul mate. A beautiful and noble concept. All I need to do is try to connect. I just love it.
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I find the author is writing for me, what i want to hear, what soothes me. I like how he writes. Read it in ebook format and it's all underlined in "erotic" colors. Really enjoyed it. Now i'm reading The Soul of Sex, just beautiful also. Plan on reading his last one too. Thank you Thomas Moore lots of good wishes for you and your family.
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It's hard to read, but very interesting, I have always wondered what a Sole Mate is? I'm not sure if we are Sole Mates or not and if it is something we can grow into or learn. Interesting!!!!
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I have gotten a lot out of this book - primarily confirming my own explorations of the deep, complex nature of soul in relationship - and the various parts of soul that are not necessarily consistent.

NOTE: This has little to do with the standard concept of "Soul Mates" but is much larger.
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Within the turmoil of a divorce, unexpected or expected, the rational mind is often set askew, to say the least. This book is invaluable for the recovery regime as one struggles to reach an even keel. More IMPORTANTLY, this book provides cogent insight for the long recovery period and helps one gain the insight and COURAGE to continue the search to find your own 'SOUL MATE'
I regret not reading this wisdom, decades ago.
GOOD LUCK IN YOUR OWN JOURNEY.
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Thomas Moore is one of my favorite authors. His books are very thought-provoking and this is the type of book you may need to read a few times, just to get the wealth of information it offers.

Moore explains the difference between soul mates and twin souls, which are just that...very different. Lots more in the book to think about as well. Well done!

Awesome book. I also have his Dark Night of the Soul, which is just as spectacular.
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Originally read his work when first published. Since then, many authors have penned their research based in either energy work, or metaphysics. This work comes from a deeper prospective. More gentle. Healing to the broken hearted.
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The Buddha and the Terrorist : Moore MD, Thomas, Kumar, Satish, Badiner, Allan Hunt: Amazon.com.au: Books

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"A challenging story, beautifully written, most pertinent and relevant to our time." --Deepak Chopra

Not every book will change your life, but any book can. Not every discussion will make a difference, but a conversation can change the world.

In this timely retelling of an ancient Buddhist parable, peace activist Satish Kumar has created a small book with a powerful spiritual message about ending violence. 

It is a tale of a fearsome outcast named Angulimala ("Necklace of Fingers"), who is terrorizing towns and villages in order to gain control of the state, murdering people and adding their fingers to his gruesome necklace. 

One day he comes face to face with the Buddha and is persuaded, through a series of compelling conversations, to renounce violence and take responsibility for his actions.

The Buddha and the Terrorist addresses the urgent questions we face today: 
  • Should we talk to terrorists? 
  • Can we reason with religious fundamentalists? 
  • Is nonviolence practical? 
The story ends with a dramatic trial that speaks to the victims of terrorism--the families whose mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters Angulimala has murdered. It asks whether it is possible for them to forgive. Or whether it is even desirable.

No one can read The Buddha and the Terrorist without thinking about the root causes of terrorism, about good and evil, about justice and forgiveness, about the kind of place we want the world to be, and, most important, about the most productive and practical way to get there.

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"This kind of parable has a calming effect on the mind. The change in outlook from anger to compassion is also contagious, also powerful."
--The Los Angeles Times Book Review

"A challenging story, beautifully written, most pertinent and relevant to our time." --Deepak Chopra

"A profound message of hope in the midst of seemingly hopeless terrors." --Robert Thurman, Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Columbia University


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Not every book will change your life, but any book can. Not every discussion will make a difference, but a conversation can change the world.
In this timely retelling of an ancient Buddhist parable, peace activist Satish Kumar has created a small book with a powerful spiritual message about ending violence. It is a tale of a fearsome outcast named Angulimala (" Necklace of Fingers" ), who is terrorizing towns and villages in order to gain control of the state, murdering people and adding their fingers to his gruesome necklace. One day he comes face to face with the Buddha and is persuaded, through a series of compelling conversations, to renounce violence and take responsibility for his actions.
The Buddha and the Terrorist addresses the urgent questions we face today: Should we talk to terrorists? Can we reason with religious fundamentalists? Is nonviolence practical? The story ends with a dramatic trial that speaks to the victims of terrorism-- the families whose mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters Angulimala has murdered. It asks whether it is possible for them to forgive. Or whether it is even desirable.
No one can read The Buddha and the Terrorist without thinking about the root causes of terrorism, about good and evil, about justice and forgiveness, about the kind of place we want the world to be, and, most important, about the most productive and practical way to get there.

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Every once in a while a profound and beautiful book comes along that speaks for all time and also to our specific time. The Buddha and the Terrorist is such a book.

"There is a virus buried deep in all violence that is contagious, that inspires an equally brutal and mindless response. You can choose not to be part of the destructive cycle, and that choice not to participate is the first step toward peace. We can begin to cultivate small acts of compassion right now."
--from the foreword by Thomas Moore


About the Author

Thomas Moore is the author of Care of the Soul.

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Satish Kumar was born in India. He was a monk for nine years and then founded the London School for Nonviolence. He is the editor of the international magazine Resurgence and the director of programs at Schumacher College, and he has written two previous books, No Destination and You Are, Therefore I Am.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for Buddhists
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This book tells just one of the stories of the Buddha's life following his enlightenment. It is of the Buddha's encounter with a man terrorising local communities, committed to the gaining of personal power and revenge through murder. A familiar story in any age and certainly for our own . . Following Angulimala's encounter with the Buddha he reforms and the rest of the story is of his own illumuination and redemption and how the anger and grief of the community he has devastated handle the unexpected outcome.
Satish Kumar dramatises this tale with care and understanding and in the forward it is made clear that we need to find another way in our own times to deal with the issues of terrorism and the associated anger and sense of revenge that is so prevalent today. The Buddha's example, through this story, is seen as one such solution which, it is not just admitted but laid plain for us, demands courage. But what choices do we have in our times other than to spin on the never-ending wheel of action and reaction which produces more and more violence and destruction? This is clearly no answer despite the so-called enlightened times in which we live. We have truly come no distance at all since savagery in this respect; we have not learned.

The story, as Satish Kumar shows, is not just about outer situations, though.

 Within all of us we need to address the terrorist within, that part of us that breeds anger and hatred which is then projected into the world and causes such havoc. Also, the way we treat ourselves and our own consciousness is shown as central to the whole question of violence in the world, in our society and culture.
The message is clear that we need to start with ourselves and co-incidental with this will be a lessening in those manifestations of anger and violence in the world.
This is the message that Gandhi, Christ and others also gave. With the clarity and poise of the Buddha's teaching as shown through Satish Kumar's writing, we can see that not only is this a powerful answer, it is a practical one on which we can make a start right now.
This is not a book just for Buddhists, but for everyone whatever our cultural and religious/Spiritual background.

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Such truth in this simple book! I believe everyone who reads it can connect with the message. How badly we need this wisdom and practice in our world! So much violence exists. What this challenges me to do is to personally choice the path laid out in all of my interactions in life. Perhaps by living this way, an example will be set so others follow suit. Then as we all walk the path, we can certainly change the world. I believe.


PBcreek
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book that you wish never ended
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This is a beautiful book of a story that I had heard in my childhood.
Although the basic story hasn't changed, this renarration and the fact that I am reading it again as an adult make me see things so much differently. It made me think about world conflicts differently as well as revisit personal experiences from a new perspective.

A simple story but a profound book to read, gift and spread around. Don't expect many words of wisdom or a profound teaching from the author. I think its kind of like an instrument that helps you question and find your own truth. I believe this book should be beyond the bounds of any regious or phillosophical beliefs. I am sure there is a story this for every faith which may or may not have been retold for the modern practical audience.

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Maxie
1.0 out of 5 stars couldn't get past the prologue
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I got this new edition, not yet available in the U.S., from a friend who recently returned from Europe. In the book's prologue, Kumar makes two disturbing statements that give away his personal bias. First, he mentions a number of historical figures who represented men & women of peace, and he's careful to hit on several religions, except for the conspicuous absence of Judaism (unless you count Jesus Christ, which technically one should...). Surely Kumar can think of at least one Jewish man or woman of peace who lived during the past 5,000 years - Hillel comes to mind, for one. This omission, however, might not have done more than raised an eyebrow, had Kumar not made the following statement:

 "Jews have persecuted Christians, and Christians Jews." 

What bothered me was the emphasis, which seems backwards and misleading. Historically, Christians have, as both individuals and in formal groups, persecuted Jews far more than the other way around. If Kumar is thinking of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he should specify "Israelis and Palestinians," not "Jews and Christians." (Most Palestinians are not Christian anyway.) The government of Israel does not reflect the behavior or beliefs of Jews worldwide (or even, necessarily, in Israel) any more than the Weimar Republic reflected Christians worldwide or the Bush Administration reflects all Americans. If Kumar wants to write a book about peace, it seems to me he should be more even-handed and less disingenuous about his own biases.

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Asha
5.0 out of 5 stars Ageless
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An inspiring illustration of the power of compassion and wisdom. Highly relevant in our modern world. You don't need to be Buddhist to enjoy it - the author himself is a former Jain monk with a flair for bringing stories alive from various spiritual traditions. I gave a copy to a friend who told me that his 10 year old daughter loves him to read it to her; it really is good for all people of all ages.
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Dennis J. Norman
5.0 out of 5 stars becoming enlightened
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This is a simple story simply told, and it is so relevant for those of us in the Western world at this time. Christians may preach understanding and forgiveness, but we fail miserably in the practice. Here is a tale of the Buddha showing how evil must be faced. There is much of the miracles of Jesus in this tale, but I suspect many will read the title and give it a pass. They will be making a major mistake by doing so.

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Kent S. Larsen
3.0 out of 5 stars A little disappointing
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This story certainly shows the wisdom of Buddhist teachings, it comes off as simplistic, as merely telling a mythic story. I hoped for more substance.

 
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
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I read this book as a requirement for a class on nonviolence. Did not think it would be such an interesting book. However, after a couple of chapters in I realized that the problem directly relates to the problems we face today in society. Check it out. You might like it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Lesson in Peace and Responsibility
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The Buddha and the Terrorist is the journey of a group of people to their own personal peace and the witnessing of each of them taking responsibility of their past to own their own present time. It is a deep read that takes a short amount of time.

 
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Excellent and easy to read about the spiritual need to forgive others, including forgiving the rapist. Yes, my client was raped and was so filled with hatred but she was only destroying herself. This book helped her to let go, although it wasn't easy.

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Thomas Moore, A Religion of One's Own: 영혼의 종교 - 심오한 영적 생활 방식 계발

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The New York Times bestselling author and trusted spiritual adviser offers a follow-up to his classic Care of the Soul.

Something essential is missing from modern life. Many who’ve turned away from religious institutions—and others who have lived wholly without religion—hunger for more than what contemporary secular life has to offer but are reluctant to follow organized religion’s strict and often inflexible path to spirituality. In A Religion of One’s Own, bestselling author and former monk Thomas Moore explores the myriad possibilities of creating a personal spiritual style, either inside or outside formal religion.

Two decades ago, Moore’s Care of the Soul touched a chord with millions of readers yearning to integrate spirituality into their everyday lives. In A Religion of One’s Own, Moore expands on the topics he first explored shortly after leaving the monastery. He recounts the benefits of contemplative living that he learned during his twelve years as a monk but also the more original and imaginative spirituality that he later developed and embraced in his secular life. Here, he shares stories of others who are creating their own path: a former football player now on a spiritual quest with the Pueblo Indians, a friend who makes a meditative practice of floral arrangements, and a well-known classical pianist whose audiences sometimes describe having a mystical experience while listening to her performances. Moore weaves their experiences with the wisdom of philosophers, writers, and artists who have rejected materialism and infused their secular lives with transcendence.

At a time when so many feel disillusioned with or detached from organized religion yet long for a way to move beyond an exclusively materialistic, rational lifestyle, A Religion of One’s Own points the way to creating an amplified inner life and a world of greater purpose, meaning, and reflection.

290 pages

9 January 2014

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PRAISE FOR THE HARDCOVER
When [Moore] is read closely, his depth is apparent...he stands to make some new converts to the noninstitutional ranks of spirituality. -- Publisher's Weekly

"[A Religion of One's Own] offers a new vision of how seekers can fashion their own connection to the sacred out of the materials of ancient faiths and everyday life."
--Psychology Today

"Practical suggestions for crafting one's own religion."
--Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

"[Moore's] counsel is consistently sensible and affirming. This book should appeal to many of the unchurched, as well as the faithful across traditions."
--Library Journal

"When [Moore] is read closely, his depth is apparent...he stands to make some new converts to the noninstitutional ranks of spirituality."
--Publishers Weekly

[Moore] offers a new vision of how seekers can fashion their own connection to the sacred out of the materials of ancient faiths and everyday life. -- Psychology Today

[Moore's] counsel is consistently sensible and affirming. This book should appeal to many of the unchurched, as well as the faithful across traditions. -- Library Journal

Practical suggestions for crafting one's own religion. -- Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

In these reductive and fundamentalist times, Thomas Moore asks us to question the workings of a sun-bright culture, which demands our happy, healthy productivity at perhaps the cost of our very soul. -- Andre Dubus III, author of HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG

Thomas Moore is one of the profound spiritual writers of our time. We've all been discouraged by neat, tidy self-help dogmatism, and Moore refuses to succumb to the commercialism of simplistic, superficial, and subjective solutions. Moore helps us see expectations and is always on the side of abundant life. -- John Bradshaw, author of #1 New York Times bestseller HOMECOMING

Thomas Moore is an authentic example of a new kind of therapist--a doctor of the soul--which in our century has been in short supply. -- Larry Dossey, MD, author of MEANING & MEDICINE and BEYOND ILLNESS

Thoughtful, elegant, inspiring. -- San Francisco Chronicle

All of us go through troubled times, when we lie awake at night unable to sleep, wishing we had a comforting book to read. Now you do. DARK NIGHTS OF THE SOUL brings solace to the aching heart. -- Marianne Williamson, author of EVERDAY GRACE and A RETURN TO LOVE

Thomas Moore is the master of conveying the insight that the dark times in our lives are not threats but friends and teachers. -- Rabbii Harold Kushner, author of WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE

PRAISE FOR CARE OF THE SOUL

Many thanks to Thomas Moore for these profound and timely insights. ...Genuinely inspirational.-- Kevin McCarthy, Bloomsbury Review

Invigorating, demanding, and revolutionary. -- Publisher's Weekly

I soulfully recommend it without reservation. -- John Bradshaw, author of HOMECOMING

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Intelligent and thought-provoking, inspiring and beautifully written, A Religion of One's Own is the key to an amplified inner life and a world of greater purpose, meaning, and reflection.
--This text refers to the paperback edition.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Avery (9 January 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 290 pages

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Mystic Moon
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Interesting thoughts about religion, but didn't finish it.
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Fantastic book. Will recmmend to many searchers

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Other books great - this one without inspiration, lack of modesty
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I so much appreciated Care of the Soul, Dark Nights of the Soul, and Ageless Soul by Thomas Moore. This one is written without inspiration.
It is un-inspirational, and the former modesty he displayed in his books - where has it gone?

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Dr. John Stanley
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A well-written little book that is wise, clear and a pleasure to read. Solidly based in the depth psychology of Jung & Hillman, refined by the author's modesty, simplicity & practicality. An essential corrective to one-sided spirituality, religious dogmatism or new age superficiality. Buy it!

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When you are tired of being a sheep but still seek greener pastures
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Perhaps you are one of an increasing number of people who feel drawn to that something Other - but how does one respond to this `aching' within when the secular world is not satisfying and the world of formalised religion has become vapid, unhelpful, fanatical or just plain dangerous (p. 252). The purpose of this book is to provide guidance to those who seek such a path - a path that for Moore involves a return to a sacred environment and a sacred self of self. Moore might refer to us as seekers (13) - people who are wakening up to and finding portals to wonder and transcendence (12). Central to Moore's argument is the need to explore within oneself what it is that awakens your soul? Where in life do you find your spirit? And much of the book is then taken up with exploring ways in which one connects, in small steps and then in larger ones, with becoming sensitised to that which awakens you, the ways in which you find and meld into the Other, what one may have once called God. I am reminded of this scene from that Mozart film (Amadeus) when his rival composer Salieri reflects on Mozart's use of oboe and clarinet (Mozart Serenade No 10 In B Flat Major K 361 III Adagio) in such a manner that the former composer immediately finds himself thrust into deep, personal, mystical union with God.

So this is an introductory book for people who want to go deep (24), providing as it does, the basic materials from which you might `build your own religion' even if that experience is a re-invigorated one within an existing tradition albeit beyond being coerced or being obliged . It is about getting in touch with that which is real (40) but not necessarily extra-ordinary - hence being sensitized to that which is already around you. It involves developing a philosophy for life, having values and mining what is gold, from the traditions available to you, to form a spiritual life (30-31). He provides some sensible guidelines for managing this process as to be alert to the frauds and pitfalls that are `out there' (37ff)! Importantly he notes that opening to a new spirituality may arise from epiphinal life changing moments or events. Similarly that developing an integrated spirituality requires psychological work on the self and an integrated sexuality (parts 2 and 3 of the book).

After this he moves on to more nuanced experiences of the spiritual, making room for angels and guides and being open to their guidance and help in everyday life (part 5) before concluding with an informative section on living spirituality in a secular world.

Central to the reviews around this book have been the question of the utility of the advice on offer here. And it is with these issues that I now engage. For Moore, without a religious or spiritual orientation, most of us will go nuts to some extent, manifest, as he suggests in how we manage thru life with pills and substances (altho I would make some space for those for whom pills make up for what genetics overlooked).

So keep in mind the entry level nature of this book - its for someone looking for ideas as to how to develop their own approach to spirituality and who may be looking for some validation for the way they may be going about it. His first points here that the sacred is in fact all around us and that in the first instance it is about being open to and beginning to sensitise oneself to it, be it that one finds the Spirit in differing ways (in nature, art, music and so on) and getting one's act together. But note that this is a journey and increasing one's sensitivity and growing as a person takes time. It would have been helpful if his section on sexuality had taken in Mantak Chia's work on the mirco-cosmic orbit. This process is essential for balancing emotional and also managing and transforming sexual energy (and I agree that it takes a little to adapt to Chia's language and style). While these exercises help integrate the self generally, it is also an essential piece of training and skill development for anyone seriously considering embracing celibacy.

I find however, some gaps in the structure of his book. Most of us don't go from Mozart or estatic experiences of nature to a deep communion with angels, guides and Gods. He could have done here with a chapter on `taking the chair' as Jack Cornfield observed. How to not just meditate but to go beyond this to contemplation, to being absorbed in the Spirit. While he wrote about listening for angels and guides, looking for intuition thru tarot and the like, I feel he missed the essential step of having first waited upon and invited angels and guides, not so much into one's life, but certainly into awareness - and this takes time. As a therapist I would often pray for the capacity to `read hearts' and this would occur at times when I needed it; typically in the form of a coherent insight into the person I am sitting with, accompanied with a sense of deep stillness and peace. But such messaging doesn't run like a garden tap.

In the last part of his book, he really heads home to `his own patch' - developing essentially his home cloister/monastery, or at least parts within it. A place for prayer, incense, symbols and silence that lift one higher. I asked myself was this real? And then of course I realised that this is exactly what I had done in my home. And this is where Moore's major idea is restated - his aim being not to weaken our reliance on the world's religious and spiritual traditions, but to intensify such experiences, but without much of the garbage that such traditions have developed over time. It is not so much cherry picking religion, but sorting the wheat from the chaff.
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G. Cooper
5.0 out of 5 stars
This book has power to help both individuals and our society as a whole.
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I have been reading Thomas Moore for many years, and his insights on "Care of the Soul" (an earlier book) and similar topics ("Soul Mates") have been helpful and on target for me. He touches a good deal on secular concerns and advocates not setting the secular and spiritual too far apart.
Moore started off being trained as a Roman Catholic priest, but that was just part of his journey and formal learning. He is in my view what Emerson defined as a scholar: Man thinking. In the last chapter of "A Religion of One's Own" he spends 5-6 page on the spirituality of H. D, Thoreau, one of his gurus. Moore lives in New Hampshire and mentions places like Concord and people such as Emerson and Thoreau and Dickinson all the time. He has had a successful career as a psychotherapist, and also as a lecturer in a wide range of settings.
Importantly, he has Irish roots: he studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and brings in W.B. Yeats and Samuel Beckett often, too. The Italian Renaissance is huge for him, esp. Marsilio Ficino [fi chino], see Wikipedia. He writes a lot about alchemy and other "lost arts," and his eclecticism has gotten him both praise and condemnation.
Moore has no hidden agenda and rejects proselytizing. What he proposes is that we sift through all the spiritual and religious material we have available -- past, present, future -- and create a spirituality of one's own. It can be vast or small, traditional or individual, whatever we find that works. I'd say in sum, he advocates finding what's helpful and useful to one individually and incorporating that into our lives -- both visibly and internally. He writes much about displaying and creating art. I am recommending this book highly to my closest personal friends. Moore's message has power to assist both us as individuals and our society as a whole.
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bmont
4.0 out of 5 stars Certainly Thought Provoking
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I gave this book a four star rating because it is better than his "Care of the Soul" and it was very popular. Plus, I personally enjoyed it more than his other book and I don't know of an author that has tempted people with a title like that.

I liked the comments he made about mysticism like, "Be a mystic in your own ways. This is not an option. To be fully human you need some sort of mystical experiences regularly." He does a good job of blending elements of all the major religions to form his own. He has lots of good ideas about forming a religion of your own. Any book about God and the mystery of life is a good book in that sense.

He says he likes the idea of having a cafeteria style of religion - a little of this and a little of that. He is a very intellectual person and I think he uses his intellect to convince himself that pursuing this type of "religion" has depth and meaning. I think it would be shallow for lack of conviction and dedication to any one tradition. And I think he gives too much weight to our culture in determining his religious bent. You, reader can make your own conclusions. The book will get you thinking.

Those of you that are seekers will enjoy the book. My advise is to take what you can use and leave the rest.
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Ron Tissier
5.0 out of 5 stars Open your mind and soul to find what you need...
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Like the author, I spent many years in a monastic Catholic setting, I have administered an Orthodox Jewish School that required lots of Saturday attendance at students' Bat/Bar Mitzvahs. I have been involved with a large variety of Protestants Churches, I was taught Theravada Buddhism by a former Thai monk and studied Druid Celtic Lore in addition to having taught Greek and Latin Mythology to hundreds of high school students over my life span of 77 years. And I have studied the common origins and beliefs of the three major monotheistic religions. Organized religions came to be a "turn off"....too much hatred and bigotry, too many church leaders on personal "power trips", too many church goers just in need of social interaction rather than practicing the tenets of their faith. With all that said, it is little wonder that I felt the author captured the onui of many of us that still harbor a spirituality but know they don't quite fit. "Know yourself" was taught by the Greeks, Druids appreciate the spiritual majesty of nature and who could not feel the wonder of sunrise in a wooded or mountainous area. Why pigeon hole your beliefs.....expand yourself, get to know what your personal philosophy's impact has on your life. If you have an open mind and an inquisitive nature, I highly recommend this book and its author.
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Julianne Davidow
5.0 out of 5 stars Opening our hearts to life
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In this timely and beautifully written book Thomas Moore shares insights from his many years of study, contemplation, and experience as a psychotherapist. And in his compassionate and poetic voice, he blends imagery, memoir, story, and example on finding the numinous quality in every day life, and on being nurtured by all the great spiritual traditions of the world.

Actually, research has shown that when students study world religions, their respect for religious liberty increases. So I believe this book is valuable on many levels.

Written for this complex time and this pluralistic society in which we live, the author respects the individual’s ability to make his or her own decisions based on personal values. He encourages us, no matter what our tradition may be, to make life itself our teacher, to open our hearts to it, to respond to it, to find our own insights, to make a contribution, and to respect one another's unique ways of being.

What I loved about A Religion of One’s Own was being reminded of the idea of interweaving the secular and the sacred, following the guidance of our inner muse, and connecting with the beauty and mystery that is all around us.
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Jersey Tom
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read, Moore's best and most important book.
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I have been a long-time fan of Thomas Moore, and over the years have read each book he has put out. Up until now, if you had asked me the one book to read by the author, I would have pointed to "Care of the Soul" where he lays the foundation for his future soul-themed work. But this book has changed my mind, it is a must-read, and I believe his masterwork.

If you are one of the many who classify themselves as "spiritual but not religious", this book will get you looking at religion a whole new way. It lays the groundwork for how one can create "a religion of one's own", a practice that moves beyond merely paying lip-service to spirituality, but grounding it in real-life activities and rituals. The author tells us of his own religious practice, while informing us of the many ways, from deep spiritual reading to prayer and meditation to gardening, music and appreciating art, we can create a religion of our own. Very highly recommended.

I wrote about "A Religion of One's Own" at greater length for the Web site Contemplative Journal: [...]
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Linda
5.0 out of 5 stars THOMAS MOORE AT HIS BEST!
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A timeless GUIDE so desperately needed for our times. With eloquence, wit, thoughtfulness and confidence, Thomas Moore offers us the tools to take on our own personal search for a meaningful everyday existence that connects each of us to all of life and to each other. I see the need for this book in my everyday work as a psychologist for the past 30 years who has listened to the challenges that people are faced with today --the search for meaning and true selves and connectedness. I recommend this book wholeheartedly to them and everyone. Moore's willingness to openly share his journey brings clarity as to how one can go about taking immeasurable wisdom passed down for thousands of years into one's own journey of discovering, living and embracing a religion of one's own. I highly recommend taking a look --it will speak to your soul and engage you in new irresistible ways. I believe you will discover like I did, that this is one of those books you will want to keep close by --for your own reading over and over again -- and one that you will, too, feel compelled to strongly encourage others to read.
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Romanceismymiddlename
5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I needed
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Still searching for my personal religion, and in the midst of reading this book. So struck and moved by it that I had to leave a review. A must read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book
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Read it...Read it again...and free yourself from all the old beliefs that you might have carried around your whole life...I love this book...its how I always felt...but found it hard to go with how I felt inside... because being raised a Catholic and attending parochial school, I thought to act and think different for myself was a BAD thing...follow the rules and keep quiet...Even though in later life, I knew different, this book really opened my eyes...I LOVE the idea of picking bits and pieces from the various religions I have read about and putting them together and having a more meaningful and Spiritual life....we are playing the same song, just using different instruments.....I always believed in God/Spirit whatever your choice of word is...but now I do more than believe...I feel "The Spirit "
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영혼의 종교 - 심오한 영적 생활 방식 계발 
토마스 무어 (지은이),엄성옥 (옮긴이)은성2008-07-30


품절 출판사/제작사 유통이 중단되어 구할 수 없습니다.
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- 품절 확인일 : 2019-04-24


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책소개
오늘날 다원화되고 혼돈된 세상을 살아가는 영혼들에게 올바른 방향과 강력한 힘을 부여해주는 명저서!

저자는 Care Soul에 이어 "영혼의 종교"를 통해 영적 명상가들에게 깊은 사색을 이끌어내면서, 다원화된 문화 안에서 어떻게 생각하고 살아야 할지 그 방향을 제시하고 있다.

또한 저자는 사색을 담은 이 책을 통해 자유주의신학을 옹호하기보다는 광범위한 세계종교들의 주요한 사상을 적절히 배합하여 소개하면서, 오히려 그것들을 모두 포용하는 보다 깊고 넓고 관대한 기독교임을 넌지시 깨닫게 해준다. 따라서 그의 사색들은 그러한 넓은 지성을 갖춘 기독교 신앙인으로서의 자존감과 영적 파워를 갖게 해 준다.


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머리말

1. 공
1. 하늘에 있는 구멍
2. 빈 자아
3. 거룩한 무지

2. 신비
4. 믿는 것은 사랑하는 것
5. 불신앙도 신앙만큼 중요하다
6. 신비를 유지하는 것
7. 평범한 신뢰안에서 믿음이 시작된다

3. 연금술
8. 비행연습
9. 상서로운 실족
10. 아래 그리고 내면에
11. 기초의 영

4. 호된 시련
12. 정신적 붕괴의 길
13. 즐거운 고난
14. 영적 노염
15. 금 캐기
16. 불완전의 미
17. 호된 시련에 의한 영성
18. 인간의 모든 문제는 영적인 것이다

5. 하나님
19. 이름 붙일 수 없는 분
20. 지혜이신 예수
21. 천사들을 진지하게 받아 들이기
22. 숨어계시는 하나님은 인격적인 하나님이시다

6. 로맨스
23. 종교의 로맨스
24. 영원한 처녀
25. 성상(image) 존숭
26. 자연 영성
27. 꿈 수행
28. 거룩한 불합리

7. 거룩한 생활
29. 희생이 이루어질 때마다 하나님이 탄생하신다
30. 윤리: 영에게 이르는 길
31. 쌀의 내적 생명
32. 거룩한 것을 깨달음
33. 종교적 에로티시즘

8. 실천
34. 혼을 만듦
35. 기도 본능
36. 가르치지 않는 법을 아는 교사 찾기
37. 교회의 의미 심화
38. 명료한 전통
39. 세속적인 거룩
40. 영원한 생명
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저자 및 역자소개
토마스 무어 (Thomas Moore) (지은이)


세계적인 영성지도자이자 심리치료사인 토머스 무어는『영혼의 돌봄』으로『뉴욕 타임스』46주 연속 1위라는 경이로운 기록을 세운 베스트셀러 저자이다. 그는 융 심리학, 원형 심리학, 신화, 예술에 관한 많은 글을 발표해 왔으며『영혼의 돌봄』『영혼의 종교』『섹스의 영혼』등 열다섯 권의 책을 집필했다. 그의 책들은 삶의 모든 측면에서 영성의 깊이를 더하고 영혼을 돌보는 문제를 다루고 있다. 토머스 무어는 수도사, 음악가, 대학 교수, 심리치료사로 활동했으며, 현재는 전인적 의료, 영성, 심리치료, 생태학에 관해 북아메리카와 유럽 등지에서 강연하고 있다. 가톨릭 수사로 12년을 살기도 하였던 무어는 드폴대학교에서 음악과 철학을 배웠고 미시간대학교에서는 음악학석사, 윈저대학교에서는 신학석사를 받았으며 시러큐스대학교에서는 종교학으로 철학박사 학위를 받았다. 소설 집필과 작곡도 병행하는 그는 예술가이자 요가 강사인 아내 조앤 핸리와도 다양한 작업을 함께하고 있다.『Resurgence』『Spirituality & Health』지와 Beliefnet.com에 정기적으로 칼럼을 기고하며 두 아이와 부인과 함께 뉴잉글랜드에서 살고 있다. 접기

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