Summary of David G. Benner's The Gift of Being Yourself

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The most important thing in the world for Thomas Merton is to find God, and for Christians, this means knowing God and yourself. Failing to know yourself deeply results in a spirituality that is not well grounded in experience.
#2 The pastor in the story above was a perfect example of how the gap between a person’s inner reality and their external appearance can be extremely large. The pastor had crafted a public self that was completely different from his true experience, and this led to an enormous chasm between the two.
#3 Self-knowledge that is pursued apart from knowing our identity in relation to God can lead to self-inflation. It can also lead to self-preoccupation, as we spend more time studying ourselves than studying God.
#4 The false self is a part of all of us, to one degree or another. It is our attempt to project a pretend, idealized self to the world. The truth is that we are all just pretending, and we all have a false self.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Bien-être émotionnel
• Happiness
• Self-help
• Personal Growth
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Bien-être

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 22 septembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798350024807
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Insights on David G. Benner's The Gift of Being Yourself
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The most important thing in the world for Thomas Merton is to find God, and for Christians, this means knowing God and yourself. Failing to know yourself deeply results in a spirituality that is not well grounded in experience.

#2

The pastor in the story above was a perfect example of how the gap between a person’s inner reality and their external appearance can be extremely large. The pastor had crafted a public self that was completely different from his true experience, and this led to an enormous chasm between the two.