AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK BY GARY EAGLE
The Guide for the Modern Day Monk
An Everyday Manual for the Indoor Monk
You do not need to leave your ordinary life to make room for stillness. Explore attention, awareness and belonging through six chapters of short reflections and richly coloured illustrations.
By Gary Eagle · Full-colour square paperback and illustrated Kindle edition
Watch The Modern Day Monk
Take a quiet moment for this complete narrated film, with breathing artwork and original music by Gary Eagle.
A sanctuary within everyday life
Modern life pulls our attention in many directions. Work, screens, responsibilities and old stories can leave little room to notice the present moment. The Guide for the Modern Day Monk invites you to explore a different relationship with the life you already live.
Gary begins with the scattered mind and the labels we carry, then turns towards simple practices: listening with attention, noticing the breath, pausing before a reaction and finding beauty in ordinary surroundings. Later chapters explore inner purpose, the ego and the possibility of a deeper sense of belonging.
This is Gary’s personal spiritual model of reality, offered for contemplation. Read one passage, sit with its image, and carry one thought into your day. There is no need to rush.
“Find stillness within the noise.”
Explore the six chapters
1. The Scattered Mind
Notice the noise, stories and identities that pull your attention away from the present.
Watch from 00:11 →2. The Rules of Attention
Reflect on where attention rests and how small shifts change your experience of everyday life.
Watch from 02:21 →3. The Liturgy of the Ordinary
Explore simple reminders of presence through breathing, listening and ordinary moments.
Watch from 04:10 →4. Floating Within God
Consider Divine Awareness and the sense of being held within a wider reality.
Watch from 07:09 →5. Managing the Matrix
Bring the reflections into daily responsibilities, relationships and the activity of the mind.
Watch from 08:47 →6. The End of Loneliness
Explore belonging, connection and becoming a quiet presence in the world around you.
Watch from 10:29 →Read, pause and return
Keep the illustrations and reflections close at hand. Choose the 8.25 × 8.25-inch premium-colour paperback or the illustrated Kindle edition.
Available on Amazon. US list prices: paperback $14.99; Kindle $4.99. Local pricing and availability may vary.
Continue exploring with Gary
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