{"id":1110,"date":"2013-07-23T11:58:35","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T15:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.livingmindfullytoday.com\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2013-07-23T11:58:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T15:58:35","slug":"the-great-work-of-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/extraordinary-reading\/the-great-work-of-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Work of Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A BOOK REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/resources.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1113 alignleft\" title=\"The Great Work of Your Life\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingmindfullytoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/great-work-of-your-life.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have just finished reading, for the second time, <em>The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling<\/em> by Stephen Cope, who is the director of the Institute for Extraordinary Living at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Massachusetts. Have you ever asked yourself: &#8220;Am I doing the work I am called to do?&#8221; &#8220;And what is my calling anyway?&#8221; &#8220;Will I know it when I see it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you have ever wondered what your purpose or your calling is, this book is a great guide to help you on your path toward living the life you were born to live &#8211; and knowing that life when you see it. As Stephen says, &#8220;In order to have a fulfilling life, you must discover the deep purpose hidden at the very core of who you are.&#8221; This beautifully written book describes the process of discovering and unlocking the unique possibility in each human soul.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen takes us on a step-by-step tour of the story of Krishna and Arjuna in the spiritual classic, the <em>Bhagavad Gita<\/em>. He makes the story relevant to contemporary readers by weaving in stories of well-known Western lives that illuminate its central principles &#8211; including Jane Goodall, Walt Whitman, Susan B. Anthony and others. Each of these characters is an example of a principle regarding one&#8217;s calling and living it &#8211; and in doing so, keeps the reader spell-bound while becoming more knowledgeable and clear about this whole business of a calling in life. This essential guide also includes everyday stories about following the path of truth, illustrating the relevance and usefulness of this classic yogic tale.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re feeling lost in your own life&#8217;s journey, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/resources.php\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Great Work of Your Life<\/em><\/a> may provide you, as it did me, with answers to the burning questions you most need addressed &#8211; and it may just help you to discover and to embrace your true calling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In &#8220;The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling&#8221; author Stephen Cope takes us on a step-by-step tour of the story of Krishna and Arjuna in the spiritual classic, the Bhagavad Gita. He makes the story relevant to contemporary readers by weaving in stories of well-known Western lives that illuminate its central principles &#8211; including Jane Goodall, Walt Whitman, Susan B. Anthony and others. Each of these characters is an example of a principle regarding one&#8217;s calling and living it &#8211; and in doing so, keeps the reader spell-bound while becoming more knowledgeable and clear about this whole business of a calling in life. This essential guide also includes everyday stories about following the path of truth, illustrating the relevance and usefulness of this classic yogic tale. <\/p>\n<p>Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/extraordinary-reading\/the-great-work-of-your-life\/\">The Great Work of Your Life<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001002,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[220,221],"class_list":["post-1110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-extraordinary-reading","tag-great-work-of-your-life-a-guide-for-the-journey-to-your-true-calling","tag-stephen-cope","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1110"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1115,"href":"https:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions\/1115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}