Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu vii
Preface xi
A Note on the Sources xv

Introduction by Laurence Freeman 1
1. Life, Death, and Neighbors 11
2. Silence and Honey Cakes 37
3. Fleeing 69
4. Staying 93
The Monastic Wisdom of the Christian Desert: A Selection of Sayings by Laurence Freeman 123

Notes 163
Further Reading 170
The World Community for Christian Meditation and the John Main Seminar 172