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Silence: In the Age of Noise

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Livet er langt, hvis du ved, hvordan du skal bruge det Men livet er meget kort og hektisk for dem, som glemmer fortiden, forsømmer nutiden og frygter fremtiden. Først for sent indser staklerne, at de hele tiden var hektisk optaget af at gøre ingenting.” That same evening, I went to a pub with a few of them. Inside the draughty entrance, each of us with a pint of beer, it was all more or less exactly the same as my student days. Kind, curious people, a humming atmosphere, interesting conversations. Do note that I am referring here, as Kagge and likely Pascal are, to "western" humanity, as I am aware that many eastern cultures and traditions allow for a much larger place for silence than is typically seen in the western world.)

Reading this you too might find the author's advocating for "full emptiness" and marches off into the wild as "total bullshit". During a walk in the countryside outside of the Welsh town of Hay-on-Wye, Kagge spoke of the importance of walking "without thinking". That all sounds more easily said than done, I replied. Is it even possible to clear your mind of thoughts? Whenever I am unable to walk, climb or sail away from the world, I have learned to shut it out. Learning this took time. Only when I understood that I had a primal need for silence was I able to begin my search for it – and there, deep beneath a cacophony of traffic noise and thoughts, music and machinery, iPhones and snow ploughs, it lay in wait for me. Silence.” After a few minutes of walking, Kagge answered that it was worthwhile following trails in the forest, or somewhere similar where the trail wasn't always clear but full of roots and obstacles that required one's full attention to avoid stumbling. You'll be so occupied watching where you step, Kagge’s reasoning went, that you won't have time to think about other things. They lie there in silence, looking no different, more or less, to the way they were the last time I saw them, 22 years ago.

An author for our noisy times, full of a rare and deeply redemptive languor and perspective' Alain de Botton

There are messages and hints built in but it’s not a how-to book, rather a meditation on stillness. of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars Silence: In the Age of Noise by Erling Kagge

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They are still curious, but their faces are not as childish, more adult, and their heads are now filled with more ambitions than questions. None of them had any interest in discussing the subject of silence, so, to invoke it, I told them about two friends of mine who had decided to climb Mount Everest. Yaklaşık bir yıldır penceremden birkaç binanın yükselişini izliyorum. Toprağın kazılmasını, katların biçimlenmesini. İzlemekle kalmıyor onu dinliyorum da. Müthiş bir gürültü. Pazar sabahları da dahil olmak üzere.. Kulaklarımı tırmalıyor ama uyumaya devam ediyorum. This is a book about stillness, about quiet, about finding an escape from the endless babble of noise and chaos that is our digital life. And in that moment, find the ability to look inwards again, rather than ever outwards. The lost stillness of life In 1993, Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge spent fifty days walking solo across Antarctica, becoming the first person to reach the South Pole alone, accompanied only by a radio whose batteries he had removed before setting out. In this book. an astonishing and transformative meditation, Kagge explores the silence around us, the silence within us, and the silence we must create. By recounting his own experiences and discussing the observations of poets, artists, and explorers, Kagge shows us why silence is essentialto sanity and happiness—and how it can open doors to wonder and gratitude. In a way, silence is the opposition to all of this. It’s about getting inside what you are doing. Experiencing rather than overthinking. Allowing each moment to be big enough. Not living through other people and other things. Shutting out the world and fashioning your own silence whenever you run, cook food, have sex, study, chat, work, think of a new idea, read or dance.*

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