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The Great Work of Your Life
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Publisher's Summary
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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Terry Ermini
- 23-09-2019
This book is a Great Work. I will listen again!
I loved this book by Stephen Cope. The Bhagavad Gita is my lifetime favorite book and the author harnessed its wisdom in such creative and impactful ways. His words and voice were clear and ringing with the subject of the book - dharma. Thank you, thank you, thank you Steven Cope. I will listen again and possibly again.
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- Angela
- 17-05-2019
Great Book
The resource references alone make this a great book. Almost a tutorial for introspection that is conveyed not from a place of superiority but from that of a story teller.
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- Elizabeth A. Huebner
- 09-02-2019
Life awakening
This book was incredible. It reveals profound nuggets of truth as it takes you through the stories of human beings great and small that have lived their dharma, their purpose.
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- Anonymous User
- 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.