The Beautiful Life : Ten new commandments because life could be better
Author(s): Simon Parke
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Ten new commandments to transform your life for the better. This book gives you ten new commandments for coping with the stresses, strains and pressures of modern-day living. Looking always with the inner eye, it is a book in search of psychological truth - the truth from which people are made and live. It describes the energies and textures of our life - emotional, mental, visceral, spiritual - and discerns the 'sorryness and grandeur' in all. The ten new commandments offered are ten skilful attitudes in pursuit of the beautiful life. Our past has made us, but does not define us, and we each have a genius for the future through simple attention to familiar things. The book draws on a wide tradition of human experience, and using story, illustration and comment, invites us to be alchemists for our own transformation. It is a handbook for those who know that something is always over - and that something has always begun. It suggests the work of life - the work beneath all other work. First published 2007.
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A non-religious book of spiritual growth for the millions hooked by TV's The Monastery and The Convent'So what will 2007 deliver? A slower, statelier pace, more wholesome titles that focus on real change instead of superficiality and fads, real relationships and bonds, and not having it all all the time.' So said Shelly Naughton of Ottakars in the Bookseller, September 2006, confirming that this timely book will sit squarely in the New Year's publishing zeitgeistAn ideal New Year read for those who want to make real changes in their lives
Simon Parke has written satire for radio and TV, picking up a Sony Radio Award. He was a priest in the Church of England for twenty years but now works in a supermarket, where he is Chair of the shop Union. He leads retreats, follows the beautiful game and lives in London.
General Fields
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- : Bloomsbury
- : bloomsbury
- : 02 January 2007
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : 208
- : 158.1
- : 1
- : Hardback
- : Simon Parke