Book Title: Yes/And... Daily Meditations
Author: Richard Rohr
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Rohr was born in Kansas in 1943. He received his master's degree in theology in 1970 from the University of Dayton.[4] He entered the Franciscans in 1961 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1970. He became founder of the New Jerusalem Community[5] in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1971[6] and the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1986[7][8] where he serves as founding director and academic dean of the Living School for Action and Contemplation.[9][10] The curriculum of Rohr's school is founded on seven themes developed by Rohr and explored in his book Yes, And....
This perennial book features daily meditations, each written by Rohr and adapted or excerpted from his many written and recorded works. The meditations are arranged around seven themes:
Methodology: Scripture as validated by experience, and experience as validated by tradition, are good scales for one's spiritual worldview
Foundation: If God is Trinity and Jesus is the face of God, then it is a benevolent universe. God is not someone to be afraid of, but is the Ground of Being and on our side.
Frame: There is only one Reality. Any distinction between natural and supernatural, sacred and profane is a bogus one.
Ecumenical: Everything belongs and no one needs to be scapegoated or excluded. Evil and illusion only need to be named and exposed truthfully, and they die in exposure to the light.
Transformation: The separate self is the problem, whereas most religions and most people make the "shadow self" the problem. This leads to denial, pretending, and projecting instead of real transformation into the Divine.
Process: The path of descent is the path of transformation. Darkness, failure, relapse, death, and woundedness are our primary teachers, rather than ideas or doctrines.
Goal: Reality is paradoxical and complementary. Non-dual thinking is the highest level of consciousness. Divine union, not private perfection, is the goal of all religions.
Yes, and...is an excellent daily prayer resource for fans of Richard Rohr's work and those who are looking for an alternate way to live out their faith--a way centered in the open-minded search for spiritual relevance of a transforming nature.
Review
The book boasts a 81% 5 star rating on Amazon. It is well known for its daily meditations, giving food for thought and lifting the readers spirits. It provides a different yet clear understanding of the Christian message.
"Richard Rohr has done it again. In his beautiful new book "Yes, And...," Richard gives us eyes to see as Jesus, Gandhi, the Buddha and every mystic of every faith tradition have learned to see. "Yes, And..." proposes a "course correction" to the many of us spiritual seekers who may have missed the point. In the case of Christianity, for instance, that point would include Jesus' counter-intuitive message found in the Christian Bible. But his book is a gift of insight for all of God's human creatures, no matter which spiritual journey we are on. Richard would (and does) say that each path "points to the moon," and we are all together in our seeking" Amazon Review
I can't help but include a few quotes here to inspire you and share some of my personal favorite quotes from the book.
“You do not think yourself into a new way of living as much as you live your way into a new way of thinking.”
“Your image of God creates you. Your image of God creates you. Your image of God creates you.”
“There is Someone dancing with you and you no longer need to prove to anyone that you are right, nor are you afraid of making mistakes. Another word for that is faith.”
Conclusion
In conclusion, this book comes highly recommended for not only the Christian reader but spiritual reader alike as it has the ability to lift the reader out of attachment with religion and into a personal relationship with your own spiritual practice.
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