“Only by exploring and sharing my autobiography can I witness my discoveries of the sacred. My story is not normative. I am under no illusions that I am a saint, a hero, or a model for anyone. I do not write in order to say: Here is the map for you to follow. I only share some of the twists and turns of my journey in order to encourage you to take your own story seriously. Examine the sacred text of your own experience, reconstruct the events and relationships that went into the creation of your being, re-collect memories, and form them into a narrative that makes your life a once-told tale.” (Sam Keen)
Living with Open Hands…
an expression of
an open heart,
an open mind,
and an open will.
Table of Contents
Cover (overview of Living with Open Hands)
INTRODUCTION
SECTION ONE: A HEART BROKEN
Chapter 1: THROUGH THE FACADE
The Essence of Life — Who? Why? What?
Chapter 2: INTO THE DARKNESS
Devastation — Meaning in Suffering… in Pain?
Chapter 3: A HEART BROKEN OPEN
Chapter 4: UNCLENCHING THE FISTS
SECTION TWO: A HEART AWAKENING
Chapter 5: SEEING WITH THE HEART
Can You Hear Me? Can You See Me?
Chapter 6: OUT OF THE SILENCE
Silence — a Spiritual Discipline
Silence . . . a Powerful Force: If I Already Know . . .
Chapter 7: EMBRACING MYSTERY AND PARADOX
Paradox — Living the Contractions
Chapter 8: FACING OUR GODS
The Stuctural Inequalities of Religion
Chapter 9: MEANING AND PURPOSE
Consumer or Contributor — Leadership in an Age of Consumption
Christmas — Unwrapping Meaning
Chapter 10: THE JOURNEY
Presence — Living From the Source
Exactly Where I Am Meant To Be
SECTION THREE: A HEART AFIRE
Chapter 11: LIVING WITH OPEN HANDS OF COMPASSION
Chapter 12: LIVING WITH OPEN HANDS OF PEACE
Violence at the Heart of Things
Chapter 13: LIVING WITH OPEN HANDS OF EQUALITY
Where You Stand . . . Depends On Where You Sit
The Unseen Forces of Inequality
Chapter 14: LIVING WITH OPEN HANDS OF INTEGRITY
Chapter 15: LIVING WITH OPEN HANDS OF SIMPLICITY
Chapter 16: LIVING WITH OPEN HANDS OF COMMUNITY
Community — a Matter of Life and Death
Redefining and Recreating Home
Communities of Isolation — the biology of loneliness and community
Chapter 17: STANDING IN THE GAP — The Artists, The Poets, The Mystics, and The Prophets of the Age
LIVING WITH OPEN HANDS — A CONCLUSION FOR NOW…
This is the end of the book, Living with Open Hands.
More to come . . .
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CONTINUING THOUGHTS
If I loose my grip… will I take flight…?
Being Human — a Profound Paradox
Remembering What We Already Know
Living in a Spirit of Dialogue
Familiarity and Exclusion, Freedom and Oppression
my journey into the human spirit
duongd
December 4, 2013
Hi Ron,
Thanks for helping me get moving with my blog. 🙂
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Ron Irvine
December 4, 2013
You are welcome
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Julie shale
October 3, 2014
Your work is absolutely amazing Ron I am so proud to be your friend you are a truly and inspirational gentleman thank you
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Ron Irvine
October 3, 2014
Thank you my dear friend.
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