Learning from Silence

<p><b>From the bestselling author of <i>The Art of Stillness</i>, a revelatory exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreat</b></p><p>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.</p><p>In <i>Learning from Silence</i>, 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Radiant, intimate and gripping, <i>Learning from Silence </i>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.</p>