The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and CallingRandom House, 1996 - 334 pages A journey into the essential mystery at the center of every life--the search for calling--The Soul's Code takes a new look at age-old themes, providing a radical, frequently amusing, and highly accessible path to realization through an extensive array of examples. Hillman ecnourages readers to discover the "blueprints" particular to their individual lives, certain that there is more to life than can be explained by genetics or environment. |
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Page 70
... ability was a divine gift for which he should be deeply grateful , without tak- ing undue credit for himself . Cliburn confirms this : " From age three , she gave me a piano lesson every day of my life . Every single day . We'd sit down ...
... ability was a divine gift for which he should be deeply grateful , without tak- ing undue credit for himself . Cliburn confirms this : " From age three , she gave me a piano lesson every day of my life . Every single day . We'd sit down ...
Page 102
... ability of the child and the formalized tuition of school . As the writer William Saroyan put it : " I resented school , but I never resented learning . " All the while he had trouble in school he was reading 102 The Soul's Code.
... ability of the child and the formalized tuition of school . As the writer William Saroyan put it : " I resented school , but I never resented learning . " All the while he had trouble in school he was reading 102 The Soul's Code.
Page 105
... ability , and knowledge ; it tests your calling . Does your daimon want the path you have chosen ? Is your soul re- ally in it ? If doing well on the test may be a confirmation , a failed exam may be how the daimon lets us know we've ...
... ability , and knowledge ; it tests your calling . Does your daimon want the path you have chosen ? Is your soul re- ally in it ? If doing well on the test may be a confirmation , a failed exam may be how the daimon lets us know we've ...
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