Pico Iyer

It means constantly remaking yourself and re-understanding your relation to something outside yourself. But I think the best thing of all is that... I grew up in Anglican schools. So for 15 years in England, I had chapel every morning, chapel every evening. We had to read the Lord's Prayer in Latin on Sundays or recite. We had to recite the Lord's Prayer in Latin every Sunday.

It means constantly remaking yourself and re-understanding your relation to something outside yourself. But I think the best thing of all is that... I grew up in Anglican schools. So for 15 years in England, I had chapel every morning, chapel every evening. We had to read the Lord's Prayer in Latin on Sundays or recite. We had to recite the Lord's Prayer in Latin every Sunday.

We had to read the gospel according to Matthew in Greek in the daytime. And so when I emerged from that, I thought I've had enough of this tradition. And I was much more interested in exploring Buddhism and Sufism and things related to the other side of the world.

We had to read the gospel according to Matthew in Greek in the daytime. And so when I emerged from that, I thought I've had enough of this tradition. And I was much more interested in exploring Buddhism and Sufism and things related to the other side of the world.

We had to read the gospel according to Matthew in Greek in the daytime. And so when I emerged from that, I thought I've had enough of this tradition. And I was much more interested in exploring Buddhism and Sufism and things related to the other side of the world.

And although I haven't converted, I'm so grateful to my Benedictine friends for reminding me of the treasure in my backyard and all around me. So I assumed, oh, I know everything about Christianity because I grew up in the Judeo-Christian culture. And I didn't know the first thing. And so over my years there, I've been very glad to be

And although I haven't converted, I'm so grateful to my Benedictine friends for reminding me of the treasure in my backyard and all around me. So I assumed, oh, I know everything about Christianity because I grew up in the Judeo-Christian culture. And I didn't know the first thing. And so over my years there, I've been very glad to be

And although I haven't converted, I'm so grateful to my Benedictine friends for reminding me of the treasure in my backyard and all around me. So I assumed, oh, I know everything about Christianity because I grew up in the Judeo-Christian culture. And I didn't know the first thing. And so over my years there, I've been very glad to be

brought into the company of Meister Eckhart and the Cloud of Unknowing and Thomas Merton, all this rich, rich material, which I'd written off before because it seemed too familiar or it was too close to home. And I assumed wisdom had to lie on the other side of the earth.

brought into the company of Meister Eckhart and the Cloud of Unknowing and Thomas Merton, all this rich, rich material, which I'd written off before because it seemed too familiar or it was too close to home. And I assumed wisdom had to lie on the other side of the earth.

brought into the company of Meister Eckhart and the Cloud of Unknowing and Thomas Merton, all this rich, rich material, which I'd written off before because it seemed too familiar or it was too close to home. And I assumed wisdom had to lie on the other side of the earth.

I never did. I can't be in two places at the same time. Funnily enough, I'm just completing a book about that, essentially, about the last seasons of my mother's life and all the conundrums it confronted me with. And the main one, as you say, was that in order to support her healthcare bills, which were huge, in order to keep her in her home with 24-hour care,

I never did. I can't be in two places at the same time. Funnily enough, I'm just completing a book about that, essentially, about the last seasons of my mother's life and all the conundrums it confronted me with. And the main one, as you say, was that in order to support her healthcare bills, which were huge, in order to keep her in her home with 24-hour care,

I never did. I can't be in two places at the same time. Funnily enough, I'm just completing a book about that, essentially, about the last seasons of my mother's life and all the conundrums it confronted me with. And the main one, as you say, was that in order to support her healthcare bills, which were huge, in order to keep her in her home with 24-hour care,

I would have to do every kind of work possible, and most of that work would take me out of the house. So how can I go and earn a living while still being in the same house and tending to my mother on an hourly basis? I never could come to a good resolution. I just had to assume that I would come up with the best bad resolution.

I would have to do every kind of work possible, and most of that work would take me out of the house. So how can I go and earn a living while still being in the same house and tending to my mother on an hourly basis? I never could come to a good resolution. I just had to assume that I would come up with the best bad resolution.

I would have to do every kind of work possible, and most of that work would take me out of the house. So how can I go and earn a living while still being in the same house and tending to my mother on an hourly basis? I never could come to a good resolution. I just had to assume that I would come up with the best bad resolution.

My mother was so generous-hearted that it made me want to spend more and more time with her. And in fact, I and my wife would come and spend three to five months with her every summer precisely because she never put any pressure on us or never asked of us anything. She never once in the – let's see – She was alive for 26 years after my father died, and I was spending much of that time in Japan.

My mother was so generous-hearted that it made me want to spend more and more time with her. And in fact, I and my wife would come and spend three to five months with her every summer precisely because she never put any pressure on us or never asked of us anything. She never once in the – let's see – She was alive for 26 years after my father died, and I was spending much of that time in Japan.

My mother was so generous-hearted that it made me want to spend more and more time with her. And in fact, I and my wife would come and spend three to five months with her every summer precisely because she never put any pressure on us or never asked of us anything. She never once in the – let's see – She was alive for 26 years after my father died, and I was spending much of that time in Japan.