- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (2 Jan 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747583641
- ISBN-13: 978-0747583646
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.6 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 168,379 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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.
About the Author
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.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have found, and continue to find, that this book gives me a tremendous lift each time I dip into it. It contains explanations of the sructure of the mind that really work for me. At the end of the day, that is what matters. It does not matter whether it stands up to academic scrutiny, and opinions always vary. It's whether it works for you that counts, and it does for me.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is very special - but I only discovered that after I read it for the third time! The first reading was done from the head with the intention of seeing what it was all about. At the second reading I took each section and allowed time for reflection. After some weeks I read it again in the light of my reflections and allowed it to speak to the 'inner me' which often gets ignored. All sorts of feelings emerged - some good and helpful, others less so, but for me and some of those with whom I have shared the book,this is an excellent tool for exploring how to be open and honest with oneself and taking life's journey forward in a new way.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read this book having read The Enneagram by Simon Parke. I love both books. Each day I read excerpts from The Beautiful Life and find it soothes my mind. He encourages the reader to 'be present' something I find quite difficult but each time I remind myself to 'be present' I feel much happier. This is just one example of the ten commandments.
I highly recommend it and also Simon's The Enneagram is wonderful.
I highly recommend it and also Simon's The Enneagram is wonderful.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A smile in book format
..a friend gave this book to me and since then I have passed on copies to many friends who had reached a turning point in their life of one kind or the other on the rocky road... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Michelle Chand
It works for me
I first pick up the book from library, after fourth renew, I decided to buy a copy of my own. I am currently at the second reading and it is like new. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mrs D Lee
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