A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life

At a time when many of us seek ways of working and living that are more resonant with our souls, A Hidden Wholeness offers insight into our condition and guidance for finding what we seek–within ourselves and with each other. "The soul is generous: it takes in the needs of the world. The soul is wise: it suffers without shutting down. The soul is hopeful: it engages the world in ways that keep opening our hearts. The soul is creative: it finds its way between realities that might defeat us and fantasies that are mere escapes. All we need to do is to bring down the wall that separates us from our own souls and deprives the world of the soul′s regenerative powers." —From A Hidden Wholeness New This paperback edition includes two new and useful features. Circles of Trust is a DVD containing interviews with Parker J. Palmer and footage from retreats he facilitated for the Center for Courage & Renewal (www.CourageRenewal.org). Bringing the Book to Life, by Caryl Hurtig Casbon and Sally Z. Hare, is a reader′s and leader′s guide to exploring the themes in A Hidden Wholeness. The DVD illuminates and illustrates the principles and practices behind circles of trust. The guide includes questions that connect the DVD to the book, offering "a conversation with the author" as well as an engagement with the text. Together, these features give readers new ways to internalize the themes of A Hidden Wholeness and share with others this approach to sustaining identity and integrity in all the venues of our lives.

Gratitudes. Prelude: The Blizzard of the World. I Images of Integrity: Living “Divided No More” . II Across the Great Divide: Rejoining Soul and Role. III Explorations in True Self: Intimations of the Soul. IV Being Alone Together: A Community of Solitudes. V Preparing for the Journey: Creating Circles of Trust. VI The Truth Told Slant: The Power of Metaphor. VII Deep Speaks to Deep: Learning to Speak and Listen. VIII Living the Questions: Experiments with Truth. IX On Laughter and Silence: Not–So–Strange Bedfellows. X The Third Way: Nonviolence in Everyday Life. Notes. The Author. Index.

“NEW TO THIS EDITION: Circles of Trust DVD containing interviews with Parker J. Palmer and Bringing the Book to Life, by Caryl Hurtig Casbon and Sally Z. Hare, a reader′s and leader′s guide.”