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Barcode30293102331142
StatusIn Processing
LocationClark County
Call No204.2 Iyer
TitleAflame : learning from silence / Pico Iyer.
AuthorIyer, Pico, author.
CollectionNF
Total Circ0
NumReserves0
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293102331142204.2 Iyer12/30/2025 In Processing 

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780593420300 (electronic book)
International Standard Book Number 9780593420287 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 0593420284 (hardcover)
Personal Name Iyer, Pico, author.
Title Statement Aflame : learning from silence / Pico Iyer.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Riverhead Books, 2025.
Physical Description 221 pages ; 22 cm.
Formatted Contents Note Into the silence -- Into the world -- Into the heart -- Into the boiler room -- Into the mystery.
Summary, Etc. "From the bestselling author of The Art of Stillness, a revelatory exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreat. Pico Iyer has made more than 100 retreats over the past three decades to a small Benedictine hermitage, high above the sea in Big Sur, California. He's not a Christian-or a member of any religious group-but his life has been transformed by these periods of time spent in silence. That silence reminds him of what is essential and awakens a joy that nothing can efface. It's not just freedom from distraction and noise and rush: it's a reminder of some deeper truths he misplaced along the way. In Aflame, Iyer connects with inner stillness and joy in his many seasons at the monastery, even as his life is going through constant change: a house burns down, 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. And 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, Aflame 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"-- Provided by publisher
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Insight.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Spiritual retreats.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Monasteries.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Solitude.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Silence Religious aspects.

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