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How you can learn to focus like a monk without living like one
Distraction isn’t a new problem. We’re also not the first to
complain about how hard it is to concentrate. Early Christian monks
beat us to it. They had given up everything to focus on God, yet
they still struggled to keep the demons of distraction at bay. But
rather than surrender to the meandering of their minds, they
developed powerful strategies to improve their attention and
engagement. How to Focus is an inviting collection of their
strikingly relatable insights and advice—frank, funny,
sympathetic, and psychologically sophisticated. This wisdom is
drawn from John Cassian’s fifth-century CE Collationes, one of
the most influential manuals for monks from Late Antiquity. The
Collationes follow Cassian and his friend Germanus as they travel
around Egypt, asking a series of sage monks how they can make their
minds stronger. In response, these monks offer a range of
techniques for increasing focus, including setting goals, training
the body, managing the memory, using mantras, taking breaks,
consulting others—and, most of all, being honest about yourself.
As Cassian and Germanus eventually realize, we can’t escape
distraction—but we can learn how to confront it and, eventually,
to concentrate. Featuring an engaging new translation by Jamie
Kreiner and the original Latin on facing pages, How to Focus can
help even the least monkish of us to train our attention on what
matters most.
An important historic work by Saint John Cassian, also known as
John the Ascetic, or John Cassian the Roman, a Christian theologian
celebrated in both the Western and Eastern Churches for his
mystical writings. The Conferences summarize important
conversations that Cassian had with elders from Scetis about
principles of the spiritual and ascetic life. This book addresses
specific problems of spiritual theology and the ascetic life.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
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worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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