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by Christopher Jamison (Author) "'Why did you become a monk?' ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Phoenix; New Ed edition (1 Mar 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0753821494
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753821497
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 11,200 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"This is a beautiful book... a valuable guide for anyone in daily life, irrespective of background." RESURGENCE " thoughtful, comforting and eminently practical book" THE GOOD BOOK GUIDE "lucidly and lovingly written... designed for anybody who wants to create a quiet area in their life" EASY LIVING

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'Jamison has a splendidly calm and measured diction, perfect for his spiritual guide to finding solace from the wisdom of St Benedict.' (Sue Baker FINDING SANCTUARY )

'Christopher Jamison.... reads the audio version himself, with engaging grace. Calm discussion of such steps to monastic truth as profound listening, the keeping of silence, contemplation, being true to oneself, humility and conversation is attractively framed in sacred music sung by the monks themselves.' (Christina Hardyment THE TIMES ) --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Spiritual Life Saver!, 7 May 2006
By Mr. Peter J. Regelous "peterkingsinger" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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As a Roman Catholic who has often wandered far from his spiritual roots whilst searching for some meaning to life, I looked forward to receiving my copy of this book, having seen the Worth Abbey documentary - The Monastery. Invariably a slow reader, I nevertheless finished reading this fine work in two short afternoons. If ever there was a book to make us take a good look at ourselves, this is it! Although, there is so much positive religious spirituality bursting out of every page, it's still, on every level a very practical book and not at all dry or boring - which I confess I thought it might be. Christopher Jamison is to be highly commended for putting pen to paper and coming up with this work. For a monk, he certainly keeps in touch with the world in which we live today and if anyone buying this publication imagines the author to be stereotypically religious, be prepared to have your ideas changed! I commend this book to anyone of any faith who seeks to get nearer to the Creator.
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96 of 98 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Accessible and helpful, 2 May 2006
This review is from: Finding Sanctuary: Monastic Steps for Everyday Life (Paperback)
Christopher Jamison has achieved his aim of writing an accessible and extremely useful book for those who want to develop spiritually. This is a relatively easy read and, at 180 pages, can be finished in quite a short space of time.

Drawing extensively upon the Rule of St Benedict, Mr Jamison promotes spiritual disciplines which offer an attractive and practical antidote to the unrelenting busy-ness of everyday life in the western world. Chapter by chapter, he extols the benefits of silence, contemplation, obedience, humility, community, spirituality and hope and does so in ways which are informative, stimulating and helpful to those of us who want to grow continually closer to God. Christopher occasionally refers back to 'The Monastery' TV series for illustrative purposes, but such references are relatively few and anyone who missed the programmes will not be at any great disadvantage.

The one reservation I had when reading this book was the apparent, underlying notion of 'many different paths lead to the same God' - something to which I personally don't subscribe. Having said that, I would heartily recommend 'Finding Sanctuary' to Christians and non-Christians alike.
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One of the best self help books out there. Finding Sanctuary is about finding peace. Written by those who know, monks who are practiced in separating themselves from the world of worry and stress, with a few hundred years of tradition to back them.
Not really a religious book, I believe only one of its chapters concentrates on belief, it covers all areas and also questions how the reader can find happiness in the modern materialistic world.
Finding Sanctuary is very simple, very accessible and very effective. And you don't need the building to make it work for you.
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