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What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life Library Edition
Contributor(s): Hollis, James (Author), Bond, Jim (Read by)

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 ISBN: 1423378393     ISBN-13: 9781423378396
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
OUR PRICE: $78.41  

Binding Type: Compact Disc - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2008
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Annotation: Why are we here?
What is the meaning of existence?
What truly matters the most in life?
We have all felt the looming presence of these questions, but ita (TM)s never easy to examine our lifea (TM)s path and its meaning. To begin finding answers, we must start by exploring our own internal ideals, values, and beliefs.
Taking a fresh look at the concept of happiness, James Hollis encourages you to learn to tolerate ambiguity, embrace growth over security, engage spiritual crisis, and acknowledge the shadow of mortality. Providing inspiring wisdom and personal reflections to address our deepest worries, What Matters Most will help you get to the heart of the matter, to discover what it means to truly live life to its fullest, most meaningful state a" as fully engaged citizens of the world a" and to risk being who you really are.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Self-help | Personal Growth - General
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Dewey: 170
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.9" W x 6.4" L (0.55 lbs)
Features: Price on Product, Unabridged
 
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Publisher Description:
Why are we here? What is the meaning of existence? What truly matters the most in life? To even begin to answer these questions, we must start by exploring our own internal ideas, values, and beliefs. Presenting the unique perspective of respected analyst and author James Hollis, Ph.D., What Matters Most helps listeners learn to appreciate (even be amazed by) events unfolding within, even as the external world creates constant struggles.
Taking a fresh look at the concept of happiness, Hollis uses a warm, accessible tone to encourage listeners to learn to tolerate ambiguity, embrace growth rather than security, respect the power of Eros, engage spiritual crises, and acknowledge the shadow of mortality. Providing inspiring wisdom and personal reflections to address our deepest worries, What Matters Most yields far more than mere self-help clichA(c)s. Instead Hollis guides listeners in uncovering the heart of the matter, discovering what it means to truly live life to its fullest, most meaningful statea "as fully engaged citizens of the world.
a oeHollis speaks to and teaches from the heart. A combination of genuine vision and genuine humanity is a rare and valuable gift.a a" Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D., author of Women Who Run With the Wolves
a oeJames Hollis is the most lucid thinker I know about the complexities and complexes that interfere with living a full life...Hea (TM)s one of our great teachers and healers.a a" Stephen Dunn, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet

Contributor Bio(s): Hollis, James: - The author of more than a dozen books, James Hollis, Ph.D., teaches at the Jung Center of Houston and is a distinguished faculty member of the Saybrook Graduate School in San Francisco. A graduate of the Jung Institute of Zurich, Switzerland, he lives in Houston, Texas, with his wife, Jill, and maintains a private analytic practice. Visit the author's website www.JamesHollis.net.
 
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