A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Parker J. Palmer
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Category: Book
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0787971006
Dewey Decimal Number: 248.4
UPC: 723812624201
EAN: 9780787971007
ASIN: 0787971006
Publication Date: September 22, 2004
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In A Hidden Wholeness, Parker Palmer reveals the same compassionate intelligence and informed heart that shaped his best-selling books Let Your Life Speak and The Courage to Teach. Here he speaks to our yearning to live undivided lives—lives that are congruent with our inner truth—in a world filled with the forces of fragmentation. Mapping an inner journey that we take in solitude and in the company of others, Palmer describes a form of community that fits the limits of our active lives. Defining a “circle of trust” as “a space between us that honors the soul,” he shows how people in settings ranging from friendship to organizational life can support each other on the journey toward living “divided no more.” Inspired by Palmer’s writing and speaking—and challenged by the conditions of twenty-first century life—people across the country, from many walks of life, have been coming together in circles of trust to reclaim their integrity and help foster wholeness in their workplaces and their world. For over a decade, the principles and practices in this book have been proven on the ground—by parents and educators, clergy and politicians, community organizers and corporate executives, physicians and attorneys, and many others who seek to rejoin soul and role in their private and public lives. A Hidden Wholeness weaves together four themes that its author has pursued for forty years: the shape of an integral life, the meaning of community, teaching and learning for transformation, and nonviolent social change. The hundreds of thousands of people who know Parker Palmer’s books will be glad to find the journey continued
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Living with Integrity October 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Parker Palmer takes the title of this book from Thomas Merton who claimed that "There is in all things...a hidden wholeness." Parker draws on his own experiences and work with educators, clergy, politicians, community organizers, parents, doctors, lawyers, and people of other walks of life to build "circles of trust" where the shy soul can speak its own truth with conviction without denying the truth of anyone else's soul.
The first chapter offers images of integrity - "the state or quality of being entire, complete, and unbroken....unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state, corresponding to its original condition." Through his own stories of disclosure, Parker Palmer invites the reader to look deeply within for the dividedness of life - where we extinguish parts of ourselves - and to embrace brokenness as an integral part of who we are. The signs of a divided life are explored in Chapter 2.
In Chapters 3 - 5 Palmer outlines how the soul and role in life can be reunited into a life of wholeness. Drawing on his Quaker roots, Palmer invites the reader to consult the "inner teacher," which Thomas Merton called the true self, Buddhists call original nature, Hasidic Jews call a spark of the divine, and humanists call identity and integrity. Palmer explores the paradox of our solitary journey toward an undivided life in community - a special community of trust, a circle of trust.
Palmer uses a metaphor to describe the deepest part of our being: the soul is like a wild animal.
Like a wild animal, the soul is tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, and self-sufficient: it knows how to survive in hard places....If we want to see a wild animal, we know that the last thing we should do is go crashing through the woods yelling for it to come out. But if we will walk quietly into the woods, sit patiently at the base of a tree, breathe with the earth, and fade into our surroundings, the wild creature we seek might put in an appearance.
Chapters 5-9 outline the preparations required to embark on the journey to wholeness and describes in detail practices necessary to create a community of trust where the soul feels safe enough to show up and make its claim on our lives. The final chapter challenges the reader to use the principles and practices developed in the book to walk the path of nonviolence.
This book is a rich resource for all who yearn for greater wholeness and integrity in life.
Wholeness for a healthy organization June 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was inspired to write page after page in my personal journal after reading the first few chapters. This book was used as the foundation for facilitator training for a week long retreat for The Center for Formation in Higher Education. I especially appreciate the use of metaphor to illustrate the many paradoxes in our lives as we call upon the shy inner teacher. The explanations and examples are clear.
Perfect Balance January 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mr Palmer has distilled his life experience for us through his authentic and well written book. If know you are on a journey go no farther until you have read this book for its practical and uplifting content.
Livegiving! May 21, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The guiding image of this book is a rope tied from a house to the barn, which helps the farmer back home in case of a blizzard. The book does exactly that. It helped me find my true self in the midst of a storm.
A Guidepost May 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What an excellent book! Parker Palmer has quickly become one of my favorite authors. The imagery of the midwestern blizzard and early farmers lost in storms in thier own backyards as an analogy of the social and psychological turmoils we face today was masterful. Palmer's outline of steps toward awakening and the promise of the continual journey toward wholeness was inspiring. I highly recommend this book to all of us who are aware of the infinite potential of mankind and are struggling to maximize our own potential.
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