I AM THAT I AM: DISCOVERING THE LOVE, PEACE, JOY AND STABILITY OF THE TRUE SELF
Book ID/图书代码： 09700015B86688
English Summary/英文概要： “Do read this book if you are seeking. It keeps it simple, yet utterly profound.”—Scott Kiloby, author of Love’s Quiet Revolution
I Am That I Am began as a journal, written at the suggestion of author Francis Bennett’s spiritual director. It was intended to help Francis clarify and explore the shift in perception that had occurred to him—not only for his own sake, but for those who might seek his spiritual guidance in the future.
This deceptively simple book brings a unique freshness and humanity to the meeting of Christianity with Eastern investigation of the nature of the self. As Francis says, “Who I am is happiness and bliss ... don’t take my word for any of this. You can experiment with this on your own and discover for yourself whether or not these claims are true. This little book may be able to assist you in conducting just such an experiment in your own life. That is certainly my hope in writing it.”
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书开篇就是作者Francis Bennett在他的精神导师指示下记录的一本日记。记录的目的是帮助Francis认清以及探索那些发生在他身上的事情对他带来的改变——不仅仅为他自己，也为了那些今后可能会寻求他的帮助的人。
这本看似简单的书带来了独特的新鲜和人性化的角度，从东方探索内心的方式感悟基督教。如同Francis所说的那样：“我是谁？其实就是快乐和幸福.......不要只看看我写的东西就算了。你可以自己去感受，并发现这些说法是否属实。这本小书或许可以帮助你进行自己的生活实验。这就是我在写作的时候希望达成的目标。”(LYR)
Awards/获奖情况：我认为这是一本非常简单但很棒的书。任何人都可以一边读一边直观地感觉到他所说的东西，无论这个人是否长期追求精神导引、或是出生在基督教氛围非常浓厚的环境之中、或是从未接触过这些思想的人。简单、清晰的文字使这本书变得很易读。我不必停下来问自己他的意图。可以看到的是，他的用词很简单，这是为了让读者更容易地走进到永恒的、永存的自由之中，将那些所谓自我信仰剥离掉，剩下的本质就是我们究竟如何度过此生。（Scott Kiloby，著有《Love’s Quiet Revolution》）
“I gave this review of Francis Dale Bennett’s book I Am That I AM: Discovering the Love, Peace, Joy and Stability of the True Self without being solicited to give a review. I think it is a marvelously simple but radical book. Anyone can read this and feel into the direct experience of what he is saying, whether one is a long term spiritual seeker, someone raised in a Christian church, or someone right off the street who has never looked into these things. There is a flow of simplicity and clarity in the pages that made it very readable. I didn’t have to stop and ask myself what he meant by certain words. I could see he was using words very lightly, inviting the reader into an always, already present freedom, peeling apart many of the self-beliefs and beliefs about reality that keep so many people spinning their wheels in this lifetime.
“Francis’s background as a Catholic monk makes this book even more delicious to me. He has the ability to speak to those in the Christian Church in a way that is fresh and transforming.
“Do read this book if you are seeking. It keeps it simple, yet utterly profound.”—Scott Kiloby, author of Love’s Quiet Revolution.
About the Author/作者介绍： Francis Bennett是一个普通的、爱社交的年轻人。他成长在特拉比斯特派修道院中，追求精神的冒险。Thomas Merton，二十世纪的基督教神秘主义者是Bennett的精神导师。在Merton的影响下，Bennett热衷在基督教、佛教、不二论的框架下探索存在的深意。
他在搬出修道院之后，曾在各地的教区、医院和收容所救助伤病人员。2010年，当他站在人群之中，突然悟到了被描述为“意识上突然地发生了感性转变”的瞬间，他了解到纯粹的意识与上帝的存在并无二致，这也他一直以来追求的精神境界。
Francis Bennett was an ordinary, sociable young man who answered the call to a life of spiritual adventure as a contemplative in the monastery of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, commonly known as Trappists. Thomas Merton, the pioneering Christian mystic of the twentieth century, was Bennett’s inspiration, and it was Merton’s influence that led Bennett to explore the deepest reality of being, within the frameworks of Christianity, Buddhism, and Advaita Vedanta or non-duality.
Bennett has worked with the sick and dying in parishes, hospitals, and hospices since he moved away from the monastic life. In 2010, while in the middle of mass, there came what Bennett describes as “a radical perceptual shift in consciousness” that made it clear that the pure awareness at the heart of all is no different from the presence of God, which he had been seeking outside himself for so long.
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