The Interior Silence: 10 Lessons from Monastic Life

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In an extraordinary new BBC documentary, called Killing My Children's Abuser, the boys were asked if they were happy Pleasted had died. They replied immediately, and in unison: 'Oh yeah, definitely'. The monks lived by sunrise and sunset and spent their time between in learning, meditation and manual labour. This inner concentration buoyed them in an extraordinary weightlessness. In the 12th century, St Aelred, abbot of Rievaulx monastery said: “Everywhere peace, everywhere serenity and a marvellous freedom from the tumult of the world.” St Aelred, abbot of Rievaulx monastery, once said, ‘everywhere peace, everywhere serenity and a marvellous freedom from the tumult of the world”(Photo: Getty/Ian Forsyth) The shame I felt. I should have known. It eats me away because they're my babies. I'd give my life for them.' Alec Baldwin has 'had enough' of acting and is pitching a REALITY TV SHOW with his family - as he faces possibility of involuntary manslaughter charges Partner of British grandmother, 66, found stabbed to death in Italian dream home is the prime suspect and...

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As Radio 4 listeners will know, in the middle of the Today programme is Thought for the Day, a three-and-a-half-minute sermon by a religious figure. It is an anomaly in a daily news show, but I have come to appreciate it as an oasis of reflection. News counts but meaning matters more. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands ditches her usual colourful attire for beige coat as she joins husband Willem-Alexander conversation about societal issues News is generally regarded as a form of enlightenment but it is often just information wrapped in judgement, or worse, incitement. News demands drama and hyperbole. I remember when I was the editor of The Sunday Telegraph more than a decade ago, looking at a headline claiming local ‘fury’ over a piece of planning permission. I remarked to the news editor that having read the quotes from residents it seemed more a case of mild irritation than fury. The news editor responded wryly: “Irritation isn’t a headline word.” The Crown will portray Princess Diana as PREGNANT and will show Mohamed Al-Fayed claiming she and Dodi were killed as part of an 'establishment plot', in a move likely to cause fury in royal family, source claimsSpeaking to The Sun, she said: 'I did what any mother would do, because he did this to my son Bradley, my little boy. Matthew Perry's The West Wing co-star Bradley Whitford pens powerful tribute as he hailed 'huge, open heart' and 'heroic battle' with addiction Care home breached human rights of vulnerable resident who was left alone in a windowless room 117 times by staff and forced to wear urine-soaked clothes during 'regime of harm and abuse', court rules

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Coco Austin, 44, displays her famous curves in cropped shirt as she and her husband Ice-T, 65, nail a gangster inspired look for Heidi Klum's Halloween party Kim Kardashian admits she's a frazzled mom prone to 'F-word' meltdowns... while Kourtney Kardashian prefers 'gentle' parenting after years of therapySands was born in Cambridge, in 1961, to parents in the overseas civil service. Sands is the younger sister of Kit Hesketh-Harvey, of musical duo Kit and The Widow. She was educated at Kent College in Pembury, on the outskirts of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, then a Methodist, now interdenominational, boarding and day independent school for girls. She later attended Goldsmiths, University of London. [1] Career [ edit ] Karren Brady's daughter is pregnant! Businesswoman, 54, is set to become a grandma asSophia Peschisolido, 25, announces she's expecting first child But when he answered the door, he ignored her request and just 'smirked' as he told her the boys were all liars who had ruined his life, she said. Italian wife killed by pizza: Diner, 46, started spasming after eating restaurant dish with 'tainted chilli sauce' that also left her husband seriously ill Australian 'mushroom cook' is charged with three counts of MURDER after three of her relatives died from eating poison beef Wellington lunch