The Great Work of Your Life
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Discover the deep purpose hidden at the very core of your being
To know your true calling - your dharma, as the yogis say - is perhaps the greatest desire within each of us. And yet, few can say we know our purpose with absolute certainty. Fortunately, there is a time-tested guide - an ancient map - for discovering and fulfilling your unique calling. In The Great Work of Your Life, Stephen Cope walks you through each step of the journey.
Cope teaches that the secrets to unlocking the mystery of your dharma can be found in the spiritual classic the Bhagavad Gita - a timeless tale about the path to dharma, told through an instructive dialogue between the fabled archer Arjuna and his divine mentor, Krishna. In The Great Work of Your Life, Cope uses Arjuna's journey as a framework for each of us to discover our own dharma, masterfully weaving together stories of both well-known and ordinary Western lives. Throughout the book, Cope explores the "Four Pillars of Dharma", or the stages we move through as we fulfill our own true callings. Each pillar is illustrated with riveting true stories, including:
- Jane Goodall's ability to follow her heart without question
- The little-known tale of Walt Whitman's dharma discovery in the second half of life
- How living your purpose can be like training for the Olympics in the story of Susan B. Anthony
- Ludwig van Beethoven's triumphs over childhood abuse, depression, and going deaf
- Gandhi's transformation from tongue-tied youth to leader of the Indian independence movement
- Understanding how divine guidance works with the life of Harriet Tubman
- Additional insights and tales from the lives of both famous luminaries and everyday people
"We feel the happiest and most fulfilled when we bring highly concentrated effort to our true calling", teaches Cope. Moving and inspiring, The Great Work of Your Life is a call to action and step-by-step guide for each of us to discover and embrace our dharma.
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
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- Kurt VanderMolen
- 22/02/2019
Sophisticated and inspiring spirituality
One brings their own beliefs to any reading (listening) experience. However you will walk away from this one with a clear belief that you must (re-)discover your sacred work (dharma), go all in, and decide to let everything else go—even the Freudian ego that haunts you. Some of this presentation is wanting for its lack of authority around loss and death however again, you may rely on other texts, experiences, and your belief system while adding an “immortal diamond” of what it means to live your work to the finish.
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
- Terry Harmon
- 28/07/2018
eye opener
changed my view on life and its meaning. easy to follow and understand. will read again.
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- Richard Guillory
- 13/06/2020
Jungian Zen Psychoanalytical Retired Meditation Teacher
I worked and studied with some super mentors like Dr. Ira Progoff, Sylvano Arrietti, Victor Frankyl...and my Zen teacher is a Jesuit priest who studied in Japanese Zen monasteries, and I am a long term student of Ghandi, The Bhagavad Gita, and Yogananda, Rumi and Gerard Manly Hopkins, Whitman, Faulkner, and author of seven books! All that to say I found this book so plain and clear on how to live your true vocation that I recommend everyone read it, especially therapists, poets and writers, and anyone who wants their life to matter to humanity.
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- T. Thomas
- 29/10/2019
Wish I hadn't finished listening and requested money back
Usually I don’t finish a book if I am not grabbed within the first 30 pages. Somehow I kept listening to this and hoping. I think perhaps, the chief problem with this experience was the narration was absolutely horrible! The narrator acted like he was a galloping horse going downhill.
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- Luna Nino
- 24/08/2019
A true guidance on searching for a meaningful life!
Stephen Cope uses beautiful examples of great and ordinary people struggling to find their path in life. Well researched book. I learned a lot. Thank you
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- DJT
- 21/07/2019
I recommend.
This book was inspiring and informative. Well-read also. A surprising number of historical figures were also inspired by the Bhagavad Gita.
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- Deb Evans
- 12/06/2019
interesting read...
I'm hoping I find the thing that catches my soul on fire. Enjoyable and easy to listen to. :)
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- J. Victoria Gibson
- 09/11/2017
Wonderful!
Very profound, very timely.... A Divine Gift that will aid and bless me in my journey
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- Daniel Godfrey
- 19/08/2020
Inspirational and Thought-Provoking
Was not familiar with the Gita before this, and now I'd like to read it too! Seeing the principles here play out in the lives of historical figures like Thoreau, Beethoven, and Gandhi and also of the author's friends really brings them to life.
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- Dottie
- 16/05/2020
Thr great work of your life
Enlightening and inspiring. Easy to follow. Left me wanting to know more. Nicely read as usual.
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- Utente anonimo
- 17/01/2020
Sublime
Eye-opening. if you've ever had the feeling you've discovered some inexplicable passion or talent within you but somehow life took you a different way, I believe this is a book that can lead to your reconnection.
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- karol
- 11/03/2018
transforming experience
this book has a power to transform! No need to force our willpower. The stories of this book touch something deeper than our personal will. the change happens by itself only by our focused and deep listening.