![]() ![]() ![]() The book is filled with insights both philosophical and scientific regarding the wisdom of taking time to slow down and celebrate one’s own Sabbath. What a stimulating yet calming and thoughtful book. There is even a growing trend toward observing an "Internet sabbath" every week, turning off online connections from Friday night to Monday morning, so as to try to revive those ancient customs known as family meals and conversation. I just finished reading the Art of Stillness Adventures in Going Nowhere by Pico Iyer. These aren't New Age fads so much as ways to connect with what could be called the wisdom of an earlier age. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. In both The Art of Stillnessand his captivating TEDTALK Where is Home?, Iyer reflects that this is perhaps the reason why more and more people - even those with no religious commitment - seem to be turning to yoga, or meditation, or tai chi. The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere - Ebook written by Pico Iyer. He explores the counter-intuitive truth: the more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug. Through his extensive interviews with creative geniuses of our day, as well as historical records and his own life experience, acclaimed author Pico Iyer paints a picture of why so many have found such richness in stillness and how - from Marcel Proust to Blaise Pascal to Phillipe Starck - they've gathered such rare and exhilarating fruits there. ![]()
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