Intimate communion Book

This book is an amazing and inspiring read for me. I have connected with Deida's other work for a while but hadn't read this one till now. And I would recommend it to others, with some hard-earned advice: let it go shortly after.

I don't think most of us will ever fully live up to the characters he paints, and unless we 'let it go' in the sense that we don't try to live up to those characters, the inspiring aspects of this book can live in us with ease. To hold onto it too much, will likely mess with people psychological health. chances are, we will never live up to the 3rd stage and that failure may cause more harm than seeking it will cause good. I highly doubt any of us are truly ready for his 3rd stage, nor would all of us gain from it.

It is a potent and interesting heuristic which allows for some profound and inspiring insight, but be careful not to obsess over it (as I have done go through stages of continuing to do so).