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  • The Inner Self

  • The Joy of Discovering Who We Really Are
  • By: Hugh Mackay
  • Narrated by: Hugh Mackay
  • Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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The Inner Self

By: Hugh Mackay
Narrated by: Hugh Mackay
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Publisher's summary

The Inner Self is a book about the ways we hide from the truth about ourselves and the psychological freedom we enjoy when we finally face that most searching question of all: 'Who am I, really?'

Hugh Mackay explores our 'top 20' hiding places - from addiction to materialism, nostalgia to victimhood. He explains how it is our fear of love's demands that drive us into hiding.

He argues that love is our highest ideal, the richest source of life's meaning and purpose, and the key to our emotional security, personal serenity and confidence.

Yet Mackay exposes the great paradox of human nature, that while love brings out our best, we don't always want our best brought forward.

Powerfully written and drawing on a lifetime of research, The Inner Self is a work of extraordinary insight by one of Australia's most respected psychologists.

©2020 Hugh Mackay (P)2020 Macmillan Australia Audio
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'How can I get in touch with this real self, underlying all my surface behaviour? How can I become myself?' Carl Rogers, US psychotherapist

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