Recommended for: the busy beginner who’s looking for an accessible, easy-to-read guide on slow living. Featured quotes: Regardless of whether a subject is very important to you, it is crucial to keep in mind that it may not be of equal importance to other people. Also, the more you talk about a subject that doesn't interest your audience, the more they will dislike the topic. Rather than lament this turn of events, Dorling embraces it as a moment of promise and a move toward stability, and he notes that many of the older great strides in progress that have defined recent history also brought with them widespread warfare, divided societies, and massive inequality.— Yale Univerisity Press Slowdown: The End of the Great Acceleration – And Why It’s Good for the Planet, the Economy and Our Lives. Danny Dorling. Yale University Press. 2020. The world is experienced according to the state of one’s mind. When your mind is joyful and compassionate, the world is, too … when your mind is filled with negative thoughts, the world appears negative, too. When you feel overwhelmed and busy, remember that you are not powerless. And when your mind rests, the world also rests.”

So, as you notice the birth of any negative feelings, try to control it. That way you will be able to get away from it completely. Danny Dorling has lived all his life in England. To try to counter his myopic world view, in 2006, Danny started working with a group of researchers on a project to remap the world ( www.worldmapper.org). It is divided in eight chapters, each focussing on a different topic: Rest, Mindfulness, Passion, Relationships, Love, Life, The Future, Spirituality. Each part starts with a short personal story by Sunim before moving on to a collection of advices and occasionally relevant quotes from other influential people. I guess it is one of the books that make the most sense if you refer to it whenever you find yourself in a situation of needing some words of wisdom on something specific, as it just quite dense with information and sometimes too specific to gain from if there is no relevance. A]n engrossing read that throws up all manner of questions, as well as offering an upbeat view of the planet’s future”—Paul Donovan, Morning Star Online I would love to hear from you. What are your favorite books on slow and simple living? MORE RESOURCES:Recommended for: the worker who’s feeling stretched too thin, overworked and unfulfilled. Anyone who’s ever said “yes” to commitments and then regretted it. Featured quotes: In part 4 of the book, the author discusses the need to maintain good relationships and how this can be achieved. Also, by finding a balance between the enthusiasm of something that pleases you and the neutrality of your speech, many more people will be interested in what you have to say. The important thing is not to be right, it is to be happy together The second idea is that not everyone needs to like you. There are probably several people you can't stand. It is therefore important that you accept the same with you. The South Korean monk studied film in the United States, having graduated from Princeton and Harvard, where he had his call to religious life.

So, remember that being right is not as important as being well and happy with someone. Part 4 - Relationships Described as a stirring call to “a better, more human way to live” by one of my favourite non-fiction authors, Cal Newport, Laziness Does Not Exist is a rallying cry for readers to do things differently. I am working on a lot of research projects at the moment - in very diverse areas. This book will shape and retexture the arguments in all of them.

Not only did Dorling explain how this context emerged, but why. He describes, "Agnosia is the inability to recognize certain things, despite not having any specific hearing, visual, or memory loss. One variant, social-emotional agnosia, is the inability to interpret facial expressions, body language, and voice intonation.” Our culture is suffering from Agnosia. The inability to connect evidence with interpretation, information with outcomes, remains the weeping wound of our times Trying to convince someone to adopt our point of view is the work of our ego. And even if in the end we are right, the ego will never be satisfied, and will seek a new discussion to get in." Ever since Malthus, stories about the future have been stories of rapid growth. That’s what makes Danny Dorling’s Slowdown such a revelation. It challenges our vision of the future and our fundamental assumptions about the nature of change.” Ik denk niet dat ik spiritueel genoeg ben aangelegd om dit boek, geschreven door een Boeddhistische monnik, fantastisch te vinden. Van sommige adviezen rolden mijn ogen tot ver achter in mijn oogkassen. Bijvoorbeeld: "Are you feeling depressed? If so, just see a sleeping baby’s face for one minute. You’ll feel a calm repose in your mind." Tja.

The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down” released in 2012 by the author Haemin Sumin is a guide to mindfulness and meeting with our inner wisdom.

The End of the Great Acceleration—and Why It's Good for the Planet, the Economy, and Our Lives

Do the work of uncovering your Why … do the work of establishing your own personal philosophy and set of values. Do the work of naming the highest, eulogy- worthy priorities in your life. Then do the work of putting them at the center of your life, every day.” 6. Rest Is Resistance– Tricia Hersey The book offers insights on how single-tasking brings you into the present moment and leads to more focused work. There are also insights on how disconnecting from social media leads to more creativity and better conversations. Each chapter starts with a little introduction on the subject from a Zen view which is unique to the author, and then continues with small concentrated paragraphs, full of meaning and moving. Find a song that speaks to your heart. Play it over and over, and sing along to it over and over, as though you are doing it for all the wounded souls."

Danny's study of turning tides isn't just the result of a career devoted to statistics and social trends... Therefore, it's crucial to avoid taking them too seriously so as not to internalize them as part of you and your identity. You are not your feelings or the story that comes to your mind when you feel them. Part 3 - Passion

Find out how to have light thoughts and make your life much more harmonious, always keeping calm in the midst of the world's frenzy.

Dorling] argues that society is not speeding up in the way some claim in books like James Gleik’s Faster – The Acceleration of Just About Everything. Indeed, [he] does an excellent and entertaining job of showing that most of this is bunk.”—Iain Macwhirter, Herald And there are rising trends like tantric sex and meditation with its power to increase insight and creativity. There’s also the rise of hobbies like knitting and gardening that were once seen as old-fashioned but now offer an antidote to the cult of efficiency. The world is changing rapidly in all areas. However, this doesn't mean that you also need to change with it. For this to be possible, you need to be at peace with yourself, as well as practicing tranquility and self-compassion.This is the reflection made by Haemin Sunim in his work "The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down". Note: This review gives the views of the author, and not the position of the LSE Review of Books blog, or of the London School of Economics.