The Journey Home
Ten New Commandments for Discovering Your True Self
1st Edition
Published on 14. February 2011
208 pages
978-1-4088-2301-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers ten new commandments for coping with the stresses, strains and pressures of modern life. These ten new commandments are ten skilful attitudes for the attainment of your true self.
1. Be present
2. Observe yourself
3. Be nothing
4. Flee attachment
5. Transcend suffering
6. Drop your illusions
7. Prepare for truth
8. Cease separation
9. Know your soul
10. Fear nothing
This handbook will set you on the path leading you back to who you really are. As Parke says, 'When we become disconnected from who we are, however it happened, it is a long journey home. What follows is a consideration of that journey - the journey home to a beautiful life'.
1. Be present
2. Observe yourself
3. Be nothing
4. Flee attachment
5. Transcend suffering
6. Drop your illusions
7. Prepare for truth
8. Cease separation
9. Know your soul
10. Fear nothing
This handbook will set you on the path leading you back to who you really are. As Parke says, 'When we become disconnected from who we are, however it happened, it is a long journey home. What follows is a consideration of that journey - the journey home to a beautiful life'.
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-2301-9 (9781408823019)
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Book
01/2011
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
€19.00
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Person
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.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Quotation
- Dedication
- Contents
- A Reading Suggestion
- PRELIMINARIES
- STEP ONE
- The Fire Woman and what lies ahead
- STEP TWO
- On Discerning Truth
- STEP THREE
- Sleep, Law, and a Glossary
- TEN NEW COMMANDMENTS FOR THE LONG JOURNEY HOME
- 1 Be Present
- 2 Observe Yourself
- 3 Be Nothing
- 4 Flee Attachment
- 5 Transcend Suffering
- 6 Drop Your Illusions
- 7 Prepare for Truth
- 8 Cease Separation
- 9 Know Your Soul
- 10 Fear Nothing
- REPRISE
- Light will some day split you open
- Acknowledgements
- Footnotes
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- Copyright Page
