The Best of James Hollis
Wisdom for the Inner Journey
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James Hollis
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The Best of James Hollis: Wisdom for the Inner Journey is a collection of excerpts from the writings of James Hollis, PhD, Jungian psychotherapist and author. These selections span across his body of work, from The Middle Passage (1993) to Prisms (2021), and are organized into different topics, ranging from the psychological concepts of Carl Jung to the everyday tasks of our living and callings. Hollis’ wisdom will challenge listeners to find their own path, to be who they are called to be, to take the risks to trust their soul, and thus live a life worthy of their unique gifts. Hollis’ writings ask us to live a deeper and more authentic life.
James Hollis is a Jungian analyst with a private practice in Washington, DC. Originally a professor of humanities, he is the former director of the Houston Jung Center and the Jung Society of Washington, DC. He is vice president emeritus of the Philemon Foundation, the author of 17 books, and a frequent public speaker. He lives with his wife Jill, a retired therapist and painter, and together they have three living children.
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- Narrated by: Howard Falco
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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In late 2002, in the middle of an ordinary life, Falco, a thirty- five-year-old investment manager with a wife and two children, sought the answer to this powerful question. Remarkably, this quest resulted in a sudden and all-encompassing shift in his awareness that revealed more about life and how we each create it than he ever imagined knowing. Startled by this new understanding and its implications for his own life and the lives of all others, Falco set out to share his discoveries. The stunning result is this book.
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Truth
- By ann319 on 09-20-18
By: Howard Falco
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A New Earth
- Awakening Your Life's Purpose
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- Narrated by: Eckhart Tolle
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Humanity now, perhaps more than in any previous time, has an opportunity to create a new, saner, more loving world. This will involve a radical inner leap from the current egoic consciousness to an entirely new one. In illuminating the nature of this shift in consciousness, Tolle describes in detail how our current ego-based state of consciousness operates. Then gently, and in very practical terms, he leads us into this new consciousness. We will come to experience who we truly are and learn to live and breathe freely.
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A Realized Being Shares In Person...a rare find.
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By: Eckhart Tolle
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Falling Upward
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- Narrated by: Richard Rohr
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In the first half of life, we are naturally preoccupied with establishing ourselves; climbing, achieving, and performing. But as we grow older and encounter challenges and mistakes, we need to see ourselves in a different and more life-giving way. This message of falling down - that is in fact moving upward - is the most resisted and counterintuitive of messages in the world's religions. Falling Upward offers a new paradigm for understanding one of the most profound of life's mysteries: how those who have fallen down are the only ones who understand "up".
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I almost gave up on Christianity until I read this
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By: Richard Rohr
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Enter Frank: a collective of eight beings from a distant planet who know what we’re going through because they’ve been there, too. Their civilization, once beset by many of the same challenges we face, has now advanced to a point where they can offer an informed and compassionate perspective on our trials, tribulations, and triumphs here on Earth. Speaking to Mike Dooley, one of today’s most celebrated New Thought leaders, with medium Tracy Farquhar serving as their channel, Frank answers our questions.
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I love Mike Dooley, but, could not like this book
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By: Mike Dooley
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A Radical Awakening
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A Radical Awakening lays out a path for women to heal their psychic wounds and prepares them to discover their own powers to help heal others and the planet. Dr. Shefali helps women uncover the purpose that already exists within them and harness the power of authenticity in every area of their lives. The result is an eloquent and inspiring, practical and accessible book, backed with real-life examples and personal stories, that unlocks the extraordinary power necessary to awaken the conscious self.
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Idealistic views without tools
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Thoughts Without a Thinker
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Upon its first publication, this path breaking book launched an explosion of interest in how Eastern spirituality can enhance Western psychology. Since then, the worlds of Buddhism and psychotherapy have been forged into a revolutionary new understanding of what constitutes a healthy emotional life. In his insightful introduction, Mark Epstein reflects on this revolution and considers how it is likely to evolve in the future.
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Content limited by presentation
- By Kindle Customer on 02-28-15
By: Mark Epstein M.D., and others
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The Possibility Principle
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How would you like to experience your life? It's an intriguing question, and yet we've been conditioned to believe our life visions and goals are often unattainable - until now. With The Possibility Principle, psychotherapist Mel Schwartz offers a revolutionary approach to living the life we choose. Though science has vastly expanded our knowledge, it has also led us to adopt a worldview where we see ourselves as insignificant specks living in a mechanical universe.
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Interesting enough to listen twice
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By: Mel Schwartz
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Whatever Arises, Love That
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There is a loving intelligence at the core of your being that can lead you to the fulfillment of your highest destiny. Four words hold the secret to accessing it: whatever arises, love that. With Whatever Arises, Love That, Matt Kahn presents an unabridged reading of his life-changing book, offering you a series of deeply healing insights and practices to ignite the spark of your highest potential.
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I Finally Found My Way In Life
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Saturn was the Roman god, who ate his children to stop them from usurping his power. Men have been psychologically and spiritually wounded by this legacy. Hollis offers a rich perspective on the secrets men carry in their hearts.
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Much Needed for all
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Poor performance, great book
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Prisms: Reflections on the Journey We Call Life summarizes a lifetime of observing, engaging, and exploring why we are here, in service to what, and what life asks of us. These 11 essays, all written recently, examine how we understand ourselves, and often we have to reframe that understanding, the nature and gift of comedy, the imagination, desire, as well as our encounters with narcissism, and aging. James Hollis explores the roadblocks we encounter and our on-going challenge to live our brief journey with as much courage, insight, and resolve as we can bring to the table.
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Why Good People Do Bad Things
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Projection and Re-Collection in Jungian Psychology: Reflections of the Soul
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A classic in the Jungian literature, written by one of Jung's most distinguished collaborators.
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Epic insights
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The Archetypal Imagination
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In The Archetypal Imagination, Hollis offers a lyrical Jungian appreciation of the archetypal imagination. He argues that without the human mind's ability to form energy-filled images that link us to worlds beyond our rational and emotional capacities, we would have neither culture nor spirituality. Drawing upon the work of poets and philosophers, Hollis shows the importance of depth experience, meaning, and connection to an "other" world.
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Not like his other books
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Jung's Map of the Soul
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More than a mere overview, the book offers listeners a strong grounding in the basic principles of Jung's analytical psychology in addition to illuminating insights.
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punishing narration
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-28-22
Great way to review and revive
I have been reading and taking notes on Dr. Hollis' books for about 25 years now. He has been the most influential teacher in my life. This audiobook is a great way to review and generate ideas and new associations. Thank you, Chiron, for publishing this audiobook.
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- 06-30-24
Great explanations in layman’s language
Well thought out, deep, explanations, and explorations into the psyche as perceived by Jung.
Although not quite a how to manual, it has helped me greatly in figuring out some of my own issues.
This has definitely left me motivated to go on and read the rest of James Hollis‘s work
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