In Falling Upward (and in many of his other teachings) Richard Rohr talks at length about ego (or the False Self) & how it gets in the way of spiritual maturity especially if its preoccupations continue into the second half of life But if there's a False Self is there also a True Self? What is it? How is it found? Why does it matter? & what does it have to do with the spiritual journey? In his new book the author likens True Self to a diamond buried deep within us formed under the intense pressure of our lives & needing to be searched for uncovered & separated from all the debris of ego that surrounds it In a sense True Self must like Jesus be resurrected & that process involves not resuscitation but transformation