The Quiet Path: Contemplative practices for daily life

The Quiet Path is a book for the walker, or the armchair traveller, the clear-sighted tourist, or the bewildered wanderer. Blending reflection and poetry, it shows how the simple practice of walking can become a quiet path of wonder, and how a brief pause in a busy day can turn into contemplation. ''A beautiful book of quiet wisdom … it will help those who read it encounter what it means to be human, to be open and alive, to inhabit a present surrounded by miracles: what it means to love.’ ''Andrew Rudd has written a book of quiet treasures for pilgrims old and new. In poetry, story and prayer, he invites us into a deeper pilgrimage that surprises, comforts and refreshes.'' ''This beautiful book, packed with wonder and delight …leads us quietly away from the noise and the bustle … towards belonging and a place where we are at home, and always towards God.'' ''Andrew Rudd’s ‘short walks to quiet places’ stimulate us to undertake our own journeys: on the page, in our imaginations, along paths both well-trodden and unfamiliar. His writing transports us from the everyday into new discoveries of wonder and delight.'' ''Poems are always a path leading inwards. For Andrew Rudd they punctuate a thoughtful journey, both real and imagined. On his quiet path, poems are signposts reminding us to pay attention; to notice the landscape that shapes us, and the shape of our inner landscape.'' The Quiet Path is a book for the walker, or the armchair traveller, the clear-sighted tourist, or the bewildered wanderer. Blending reflection and poetry, it shows how the simple practice of walking can become a quiet path of wonder, and how a brief pause in a busy day can turn into contemplation. It explores how the ordinary practices of walking and noticing, recognizing and writing can help us discover depth and spirituality in everything we encounter and find a deeper awareness of a Presence in all things. This book is not about the big idea, the motorway, the A-road, the bypass. It’s about snickets, byways, bridleways and gentle lines across the map. Every page is a signpost pointing down a quiet path, ready for you to take a walk through the landscape of the heart.

• | Author: Andrew Rudd
• | Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich
• | Publication Date: Jun 11, 2024
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781786225894
• | ISBN-10: 1786225891