The art of stillness

The art of stillness


stillness=
1.silence; quiet; hush.
2.the absence of motion.
在超速度的時代，
我們總是全力往前進，
忙碌，
煩心，
過日子。
是否
能如Pico Iyer所說，
sitting still，
給自己一個break，
讓心沉澱，
與自己相處，
去感覺，
...to find out what moves you most, to recall where your truest happiness lies and to remember that sometimes making a living and making a life point in opposite directions.
Pico Iyer引述富哲理的話:
1.... it's not our experience that makes our lives, it's what we do with it.
2. There is nothing either good or bad, as Shakespeare told us in "Hamlet," but thinking makes it so.
如果要改變生活，
就要從改變心開始。
生活，
要留些白。
一如樂曲，
In many a piece of music, it's the pause or the rest that gives the piece its beauty and its shape.
找個地方，
讓心寧靜，
遠離科技，
面對自己，
聽，
內心的聲音，
打開心眼，
靜坐，
sitting still, or meditation, can lead not just to better health or to clearer thinking, but even to emotional intelligence.
Pico Iyer
旅遊作家，記者，
遊遍各地，
但是他的感受，
靜坐，
將帶領我們身心安憩，
去體會，
去感受，
在繁忙的生活中，
為自己找一樂土，
心靈，
平安。
So, in an age of acceleration, nothing can be more exhilarating than going slow. And in an age of distraction, nothing is so luxurious as paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is so urgent as sitting still.