Current Book
December's Book
December's meeting is all about reviewing and reflecting on the books we have read together in the course of 2007. There is no book for December.
How do we choose our books?
Books are always chosen a month in advance; In February for example we choose the book we will be reading in April.
We ask our members nominate books that have touched or inspired them, (please send nominations to nominations@kairos-online.co.uk. Three books are then selected from the nominations we have received. From this list our members are then able to vote for the book they want to read.
January's Book
Tuesday's with Morrie
Mitch Albom
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, and gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly 20 years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying of ALS - or motor neurone disease - Morrie visited Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final "class": lessons in how to live. This is a chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world.
Febuary's Nominations
Here is the shortlist for Febuary's book based on nominations received from our members. Cast your vote by email to votes@kairos-online.co.uk
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight
Thom Hartmann
Can fulfilling of our highest dreams and aspirations really be the key to ensuring the future of our planet and the survival of humanity? In Thom Hartmann's passionately written and thoroughly researched book, he proposes that the only lasting solution to the social and environmental crises we are facing is to relearn the lessons of sustainable living demonstrated by our ancient ancestors._ Touch this new yet ancient way of seeing the world he argues, and you will open to the call of life and become capable of hearing the voice of all life. In that moment, you will discover that you, personally, hold the power of personal and planetary transformation.
The Way of the Peaceful Warrior
Dan Milman
Based on the premise that the essence of a champion is the culmination of a strong body and mind as well as spirit, The Way of the Peaceful Warror a semi autobiographical fictional narrative through which Eastern philosophy is applied to the Western concept of well-being. It is call to a better and simpler way of life by re-connectiong with our intuition and recognising the magic and wisdom in every day life, 'there are no oridinary moments'. The book is at once challenging and illuminating, presenting simple concepts requiring considerable level of discipline to put into action: ''It's simple but no-one said it would be easy''.
Stillness speaks
Eckhart Tolle
The equivalent of external noise Tolle claims, is the inner noise of thinking. The equivalent of external silence is inner stillness. Listening to silence awakens the dimension of stillness within yourself, because it is only through stillness that you can be aware of silence. Whenever there is some silence around you - listen to it. That means just notice it. Pay attention to it. See that in the moment of noticing the silence around you, you are not thinking. You are aware, but not thinking. Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening activates the non-conceptual intelligence within. Let stillness direct your words and actions.