Wisdom from the Monastery: A Program of Spiritual Healing

i take this book with me wherever i go. it's that good, that clear, that helpful, that uplifting. much of it discusses fasting and its importance. since i eat when i get hungry and get cranky when i don't, i can't speak too much about that part of the book. but it has relevance for a non ascetic such as myself because it helps me put my hunger pains into a different, less immediate, less important context and allows me to go on when i'm hungry yet, for whatever reason, cannot satisfy the hunger. it's a german book and has been beautifully translated. you get to learn about healthy living; diet, sleeping patterns, herbs, the importance of silence. and you get the perspective of an regular person like you and me that visits the monastery and lives there for awhile. it's a very calming book and will take you from wherever you are into a kinder, gentler, more reflective place in your heart and your mind.

I was very happy to find this book at Barnes and Noble, and on the discount shelf no less. This book is filled to the brim with wisdom, daily prayer, personal stories, monastic experience, dozens of detailed photographs, and more. This book is based in Western Catholic monasticism and though I am Byzantine Catholic, I still found great information written between the covers of this book. This truly is a "Program of Spiritual Healing"

carthusians? Benedictines? trappists? heaven??? whata Great book...o be able to delve DEEP into the lives of the most holiest of men and women! DEEP CALLS TO DEEP

What a wonderful book! Even if you cannot spend time in an ancient monastery to find your inner peace. This book will do it. Just follow the pages and let the magic work.