The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere Hardcover – November 4, 2014 Author: Pico Iyer | Language: English | ISBN:
1476784728 | Format: PDF, EPUB
The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere – November 4, 2014
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- Hardcover: 96 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster/ TED (November 4, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1476784728
- ISBN-13: 978-1476784724
- Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.5 x 7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #642 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #5 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Mental Health > Happiness
- #5 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Alternative Medicine > Meditation
- #7 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > New Age
The ability to consume a book in a brief time is in and of itself a special and rare experience. One easily could have made it much longer, but would it have been any better for the added pages? It is a pearl that resonates and challenges the reader to consider his/her choices and direction.
This is an important and valuable book. I find myself often thinking about the glut of information and data we face. I am currently assisting my son in getting his new phone up and running and in the process of converting thousands of his songs on his computer so they can transfer to the new phone. This level of digital consumption was simply not possible for the vast history of our species and is he or we any better for it?
In generations past, one did not have to make the choice to do nothing, or be still; that was the state of being for many, much of the time. We lived and died within 30 miles of our birth. Travel abroad was a one way trip or the stuff of adventurers. Today, we are awash in stuff and choices.
We as a society face a real challenge in organizing our lives in the face of infinite choices and consumptive options that are so brilliantly marketed and instantly available. This in contrast to the fact that we have not and will not eliminate the essential limits of our consumptive capacity and our finite lives. This book reminds the reader that we exercise choices in our daily norms.
Recently on a flight I elected to do as one of the Iyer’s fellow passengers did as described in the book – sit quietly and do nothing, . but only for a brief time. I experienced a brief portion of the ride without reading, listening or external engagement. It was remarkable in its novelty for me. Iyer’s book has a number of examples of stillness in practice.
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