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Letting Go
- A Spirituality of Subtraction
- Narrated by: Richard Rohr
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Categories: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity
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Publisher's Summary
In our culture, the “good life” means getting more. This series of retreat talks challenges listeners to subtract--to release whatever hinders us from siding with the cosmic Christ, whether that be in our inner world or our outer world. Father Rohr offers a daring vision which calls us to surrender, to liberation, to making room for real freedom.
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- Rebecca
- 2020-01-22
Classic and timeless!
This series of talks by Richard Rohr is just as relevant now as when it was first recorded 30 years ago... perhaps even more so.
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- CatholicMarriageLife
- 2010-09-10
Letting Go: A Spirituality of Subtraction
Very good recording.
The talk captivated me during the first session, and continued to hold my attention.
Richard has way helping you understand our mission and how to get there.
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- Without A Shadow
- 2018-10-29
the best
I have read most of Rohr's books and taken his online classes. this lecture (I think from the 80s) is prophetic and is a must hear for Christians and mystics desiring discipleship.
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- Patrick Boland
- 2018-08-22
Best talk series by Richard Rohr
Of all the series that Fr Richard has made this, I believe, is his very best. An important and practical message.
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- kdmccrayz
- 2016-09-02
Applicable to Now
Loved this teaching. Wish the chapter breaks actually matched up with the the speakers session breaks. Overall it is a great message for everyone. It is one I will relisten to in the months ahead.
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- S. smith
- 2016-06-16
series of talks
What made the experience of listening to Letting Go the most enjoyable?
I enjoyed hearing the author's voice
What was one of the most memorable moments of Letting Go?
nothing stands out as particularly memorable- all was pretty deep thinking for me
Have you listened to any of Richard Rohr’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
no - this is my first but I bought most of his. I did start a 2nd one of his that he narrates but reads instead of being a speech like this one- in this one he ends sentences with 'huh' or a sound like that quite a bit. when reading an actual book he doesn't seem to do this.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
deep thinking
Any additional comments?
my main aggravation with this was the chaptering- there were about 9 'talk's but the chaptering didn't reflect the beginning/end of each - chapter 1 might have 5 min of the 2nd talk and the the 2nd talk would end and the 3rd talk start with 10 min- seems they could have divided it one chapter per topic.
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- R. Thomas
- 2019-07-01
many truths, but politics is the answer?
I've been listening to Richard Rohr for a while now because he offers Truth you won't find elsewhere, but in this book, like others, I hear a lot of liberal politics as the answer to problems. Yes, I do still hear Christ as the answer as well, which is why I keep reading, but in my view, He is the ONLY answer and to direct us to politics puts the power (and the subsequent glory) in the hands of men, not God. I criticize my own conservative church for the same thing and was disappointed to find the counterpart here. It is difficult to find genuine Christianity, but I have seen it and been a part of it. I guess I'm still searching.
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- Marita Hartmann
- 2018-05-30
wonderful. Richard is my all time favorite
he gets to the heart of the matter. everytime. says the hard stuff. what we don't want to hear as Christians, but what we need to hear. I love him.
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- 2018-01-13
Excellent!
These talks are the equivalent of a condensed seminary education in spirituality..having just finished Fuller, it seems that Rohr made a synthesis of all of the spirituality courses and with so many perceptive insights into American culture and Christianity!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-02-21
Great insight on how to live beyond our egoic self
Great insight on how to live beyond our egoic self in the best possible way for the greatest good of all.
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- Greg
- 2014-09-18
It's like being told how to parent by a non-parent
Bless his heart for trying but Mr. Rohr is too blind to his own narrow world, too confused by economics, too presumptive of other people's inner worlds and incredibly arrogant and distorted by his own Catholic lens. Mr. Rohr touches on some bits of truth but they are so tainted by his own lack of experience. Perhaps the Catholic priests should get married and have children, work and live outside of their castles in order to make a living so that they could get down off their high horse and actually have some practical understanding of what it means to find that still, quiet place inside even amidst the madness of the world.
If you would like a fantastic book on Christian Mysticism (which is what Richard Rohr is attempting to teach here even if he doesn't know it) listen to "Resurrecting Jesus, Embodying the Spirit of a Revolutionary Mystic" by Adyashanti. He has a much better understanding of the mystery—of Jesus—and his book is not political.
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