Escaping from our own prisons

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	• Finding Freedom: Writings from Death Row Jarvis Jay Masters Padma Publishing, 1997 - 204 pages average customer review:based on 19 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

excellent read

Its quite an amazing book. Just at a literary level, it is good but not spectacular. But when you combine the content and the actual context, it moves you; it fills you with hope, a sense of beauty in our existence and experiences as human beings, a sense of peace and serenity. My hats off to Jarvis! I am amazed at what he has accomplished and I am inspired to continue to try to be a better human being myself.

Inspiring

Sometimes inspiration comes from the most unlikely sources and in this case from a death row inmate! A great lesson in humility, a wonderful reminder that all life has value, and an opportunity to be reminded that each person can find a way to make a difference.

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Escaping from our own prisons

This book was deeply moving on many levels, but I was especially struck by how Jarvis Masters was able to find freedom possibly the worst situation one could be in, while many of us, with relatively good lives, never question our own imprisionment. We're all in one sort of prison or another. Jarvis was shown a path to his own freedom, and in the true Boddhisatva tradition, he makes that path clear to the rest of us. Jarvis is an inspiration and one hopes that his message will be read by all.

Very Moving

I first spotted this book when I had half an hour up my sleeve on the way to a visit at Bunbury Prison. It moved me big time.

In my working capacity over the years as a teacher and facilitator within the Western Australian Prison system I have often used chapters of this book as a pivotal point in my classes.

I am sure Jarvis would be pleased to know that this book has moved the lives of many - including that of many prisoners. To demonstrate how freedom can be found under circumstances of incarceration until death with stories that prisoners can truly relate to is an awesome feat.

The story about the 4th of July really provoked much deep and meaningful discussion.

'Scars', and 'My Sisters' really got them thinking too.

But this book is not only of great benefit to prisoners; it's messages are universal to us all.

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Finding Freedom is a collection of prison stories - sometimes shocking, sometimes sad, often funny, always immediate-told against a background of extreme violence and aggression, written by a prisoner on death row who has become a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism.

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