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Learning from Silence: Lessons From More Than 100 Retreats

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'Beautiful . . . Iyer masterfully and lyrically shows us how we may need to find a new home - one far more solemn, communal and silent than our present one - in order to return properly to ourselves' Alain de Botton 'I trust that reading this book may help many to lead lives of greater compassion and deeper peace of mind' His Holiness the Dalai Lama 'One of the most soulful and perceptive writers of our time' Maria Popova 'An exquisite call to silence and the myriad connections it kindles' Katherine May 'I urge everyone to read Pico Iyer's beautifully written, meditative book Learning from Silence. As I turned to this I felt my blood pressure reducing, and I began to read in a different, slower and more concentrated way' Jane Shaw, Financial Times From the bestselling author of The Art of Stillness, a revelatory exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreat Over the past three decades, Pico Iyer has made more than a hundred journeys to a small hermitage high above the sea in Big Sur, California. He's not a Christian, nor a member of any religious group, and yet his life has been transformed by these periods of time spent in silence. In Learning from Silence, Iyer travels deep into inner stillness and joy in his many seasons at the monastery, even as his life is going through constant change: houses burn, a parent dies, a daughter is diagnosed with cancer. He shares the revelations he experiences, alongside wisdom from other non-monastics who have learned from adversity and inwardness. Most profoundly, he shows how solitude can be a training in community and companionship. In so doing, he offers a unique outsider's view of monastic life - and of a group of selfless souls who have dedicated their days to ensuring there's a space for quiet and recollection that's open to us all. Radiant, intimate and gripping, Learning from Silence offers ageless counsel about the power of silence and what it can teach us about how to live, how to love and, ultimately, how to die.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781804952740
  • Publisher: Cornerstone
  • Publisher Imprint: Penguin (Cornerstone)
  • Edition: New edition
  • Sub Title: Lessons From More Than 100 Retreats
  • ISBN-10: 1804952745
  • Publisher Date: 06 Feb 2025
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English


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