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I purchased this book after reading, "Becoming Whole" - also by Bud Harris - which I found very insightful. Unfortunately "Sacred Selfishness" didn't live up to my expectations. The book is good - however it's a bit scattered as well as very repetitive. It just doesn't seem to have a well defined focus and, in my opinion, has far, far too many "case studies" or "real person" examples that are simply not needed. I feel like one more thorough editing of the book would have been very helpful (as it's longer than it needs to be as well).

My main reason for purchasing this book was that it includes information on active imagination and journaling - but even that falls short of being all that insightful and helpful.

There are gems of wisdom here - but you have sift through a lot to find them. Not at the top of my reading list.


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Sacred Selfishness A Guide to Living a Life of Substance Bud Harris 9781930722125 Books Reviews

If you are serious about your inner journey, then this is the book which helps in peeling layer by layer.
Thoughtful guide to a more authentic life. Practical applications of depth psychology techniques by a highly respected Jungian analyst. A must read for those interested in meaningful personal growth.
This book provides ideas and techniques that you might have heard of before, but they are presented in such a way that you feel like you are learning about them for the first time. The examples and stories in the book enhance the presentation and the reader's understanding (so often books have "filler" stories that don't add much, but that's definitely not the case here). A thoughtful presentation and thought-provoking book; take your time with it and you will probably be rewarded.
Among others, these tools are imagination, creativity, and learning to notice meanings offered in dreams. While each of us has such tools, few of us develop and exercise them. Dr. Harris demonstrates how a sacred approach can add both meaning and enrichment to life.

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This book is excellent for anyone wishing to find specific ways to honor their deeper self. Often we are conditioned to focus on other people or goals that have nothing to do with what we really need or value. This book will take you step-by-step through a process to connect with your deeper self. Bud Harris gives you permission to live your own life and identifies ways to find your way through the greater mystery.
Sacred Selfishness if my favorite book on the subject of finding one's authentic self. I have read it twice as it is a deep book to read and I tend to ponder quite a bit when reading it. It has helped me on my own journey in my personal life and as a life coach.
This book won't teach you how to be healthily selfish in a way you might think. It is more, as the author himself says, "to show how learning more about who we really are can bring us to an experience of love and wholeness." In that regard, I think, the title of the book is somewhat misleading. "Sacred selfishness" is actually a term coined by the author himself and he, of course, gives this term his own meaning it has everything to do with living a life of substance; i.e., a life where we live being who we really are, having recognized and accepted all our pleasant and unpleasant (shadow) parts and aspects, having said, "I am what I am, and I am willing to break free from all the false programming of society, and to start living my own life, true to myself and my nature."

On the other hand, this books contains a lot of useful information about how we can actually get to know ourselves better our dreams, emotions, journaling, dialoguing, etc. Big emphasis is put upon treating our dreams seriously and learning how valuable and full of important lessons they might be for us. The book talks a lot about Carl Jung's approach and teachings, and it certainly makes a lot of sense to become accustomed with the teachings of Jung himself to understand the book better and for further studying. As I read the book, though, I had the feeling that for most people this book won't be enough to substitute for the help of a professional therapist. Only someone who already knows him/herself quite well will be able to really benefit from the book. All the examples in the book are about the author's clients whom he helped a lot. But he is a professional, and I doubt that using the book by yourself can have simliar results. And I am saying this after having done a lot of work of self-discovery in the recent years. We are usually just too complicated and even though they seem very useful, techniques described in the book will be hard to implement for most of us.

Still, it is a very interesting, profound, useful and important book. Even though it might not be what you expect it to be and even though it won't be easy to make a good use of its advice, it will still open your horizons, show you where to concentrate in your quest for getting to know yourself, and overall will enrich your life. It will help you see yourself, the world and other people differently and less absent-mindedly. By learning to listen to yourself and to get to know yourself better, you'll get better at listening and understanding other people better, and vice versa. It is also rich in metaphors, poetry, fairy-tales, religious texts and quotes, etc., and it will definitely offer a new way of how you relate to many of those and how you learn from those about you, the world, others, and your life.

One of the most important messages of the book is that we absolutely must grow if we want to be happy and live a satisfying life. We must go through the process of individuation so that we can become our true and unique selves and fulfill our potentials.

I'd highly recommend it to anybody who wants to get to know themselves better and to learn how to be more mindful, alert, serious, warm, compassionate, and persevering in their approach to themselves and life.

Enjoy!
I purchased this book after reading, "Becoming Whole" - also by Bud Harris - which I found very insightful. Unfortunately "Sacred Selfishness" didn't live up to my expectations. The book is good - however it's a bit scattered as well as very repetitive. It just doesn't seem to have a well defined focus and, in my opinion, has far, far too many "case studies" or "real person" examples that are simply not needed. I feel like one more thorough editing of the book would have been very helpful (as it's longer than it needs to be as well).

My main reason for purchasing this book was that it includes information on active imagination and journaling - but even that falls short of being all that insightful and helpful.

There are gems of wisdom here - but you have sift through a lot to find them. Not at the top of my reading list.