THE ART OF STILLNESS: ADVENTURES IN GOING NOWHERE Tác giả: Pico Iyer Nhà xuất bản: Simon & Schuster Ngày xuất bản: 11-2014 Số trang: 96 Định dạng file: Epub A follow up to Pico Iyer’s essay “The Joy of Quiet,” The Art of Stillness considers the unexpected adventure of staying put and reveals a counterintuitive truth: The more ways we have to connect, the more we seem desperate to unplug. Why might a lifelong traveler like Pico Iyer, who has journeyed from Easter Island to Ethiopia, Cuba to Kathmandu, think that sitting quietly in a room might be the ultimate adventure? Because in our madly accelerating world, our lives are crowded, chaotic and noisy. There’s never been a greater need to slow down, tune out and give ourselves permission to be still. In The Art of Stillness—a TED Books release—Iyer investigate the lives of people who have made a life seeking stillness: from Matthieu Ricard, a Frenchman with a PhD in molecular biology who left a promising scientific career to become a Tibetan monk, to revered singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, who traded the pleasures of the senses for several years of living the near-silent life of meditation as a Zen monk. Iyer also draws on his own experiences as a travel writer to explore why advances in technology are making us more likely to retreat. He reflects that this is perhaps the reason why many people—even those with no religious commitment—seem to be turning to yoga, or meditation, or seeking silent retreats. These aren't New Age fads so much as ways to rediscover the wisdom of an earlier age. Growing trends like observing an “Internet Sabbath”—turning off online connections from Friday night to Monday morning—highlight how increasingly desperate many of us are to unplug and bring stillness into our lives. The Art of Stillness paints a picture of why so many—from Marcel Proust to Mahatma Gandhi to Emily Dickinson—have found richness in stillness. Ultimately, Iyer shows that, in this age of constant movement and connectedness, perhaps staying in one place is a more exciting prospect, and a greater necessity than ever before. In 2013, Pico Iyer gave a blockbuster TED Talk. This lyrical and inspiring book expands on a new idea, offering a way forward for all those feeling affected by the frenetic pace of our modern world. P/s: Thân tặng bạn @vuthanhhoa89
Dạ, em cám ơn anh @Heoconmtv. Nói thêm xíu thì em thích từ "Stillness" này vô cùng. Theo cách em nghĩ thì nó không phải là sự trì hoãn/ trì trệ/ ngừng vận động..., mà đó là sự lắng đọng, chậm lại từ bên trong mỗi nguời. Thật khó nói rõ, nhưng em nghĩ "stillness" làm cho mình liên tưởng đến yếu tố nội tại hơn là biểu hiện "đứng im" bên ngoài. Em xin phép được gửi kèm link youtube về bài nói chuyện này của tác giả trên TEDtalks (cái này thì quá nổi tiếng rồi, nhiều diễn giả nổi tiếng, đề tài nói thú vị, gần gũi, thời gian vừa phải và nhất là vốn từ vựng hông quá cao siêu rất hợp với bạn nào muốn nghe podcast tiếng Anh trên đường về nhà ^^) Vui lòng đăng nhập hoặc đăng ký để xem link
