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Travel Writer Pico Iyer Celebrates the Joys of Sitting Still

2025/1/16
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Pico Iyer: 我在书中探讨了如何在面对生活中的不确定性和损失时，例如火灾，保持内心的平静和希望。通过在Big Sur寺院的长期静修，我发现独处和宁静能够帮助我处理悲伤，并重新找到生活的意义。独处并非自私，而是为了更好地回归生活，以更充实的状态去面对家人和朋友。独处能帮助我理清思绪，区分生活中重要和不重要的事情，并专注于真正有意义的事情。我从寺院僧侣身上学到了无私奉献的精神，这让我对生活的理解更加深刻。在独处时，我会与自然连接，感受内心的平静和与他人的联系。即使在独处时会面临负面情绪和挑战，但我仍然认为这是值得的，因为它能让我更好地面对人生的困境。 Mina Kim: Pico Iyer的新书《Aflame》探讨了他在经历火灾失去家园后，如何在Big Sur的寺院中找到平静。独处和静谧能够帮助人们处理丧失和应对不确定性，并与自己建立更深层次的联系。在当今快节奏的社会中，人们需要更多地关注内心的平静和与自然的连接。

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Pico Iyer's new book, "Aflame," details his experiences finding solace and renewal in a Big Sur monastery after losing his home in a wildfire. He discusses the power of solitude and silence to process loss and cope with uncertainty, emphasizing the importance of inner journeys over external travel. The chapter explores how solitude can foster deeper connections with loved ones and enhance one's ability to serve others.
  • Pico Iyer's experience at a Big Sur monastery after a wildfire
  • Solitude as a gateway to richer community and compassion
  • The importance of inner journeys over far-flung trips
  • The concept of 'becoming aflame' as a path to inner peace

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After his California home burned in a wildfire, acclaimed author and travel writer Pico Iyer retreated to a remote monastery in Big Sur. There, he discovered the power of solitude and stillness to help process loss and cope with uncertainty. In his new book, “Aflame,” Iyer writes about his frequent visits to the monastery over the following three decades, always finding joy and renewal in the “silence and emptiness and light”… and lack of screens. We’ll talk with Iyer about the book, and why his inner journeys mean more to him than his far-flung trips across the globe.

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**Pico Iyer, **journalist and author, "Aflame"; He is the author of 15 books, including "Video Night in Kathmandu" and "The Art of Stillness" and has been a contributor for more than thirty years to Time, The New York Times, Harper’s Magazine, the Los Angeles Times.