Pico Iyer

Yeah, exactly. Our talking selves are our social selves, and they're very different from our silent selves. And, of course, when I'm sitting here in Santa Barbara, part of me is in the world, and I want to have a nice conversation with Terry, and I'm concerned about my book that's just coming out, and all of that fluctuates.

Yeah, exactly. Our talking selves are our social selves, and they're very different from our silent selves. And, of course, when I'm sitting here in Santa Barbara, part of me is in the world, and I want to have a nice conversation with Terry, and I'm concerned about my book that's just coming out, and all of that fluctuates.

falls away and when I'm in my silent self I'm in somewhere where there's no self essentially it's some mysterious space where there's no thought of little Pico and his many concerns and there's just this wide openness to everything around me, which is always going to be more sustaining and more interesting than I am. And I found that that's one of the ways in which it's a great consolation.

falls away and when I'm in my silent self I'm in somewhere where there's no self essentially it's some mysterious space where there's no thought of little Pico and his many concerns and there's just this wide openness to everything around me, which is always going to be more sustaining and more interesting than I am. And I found that that's one of the ways in which it's a great consolation.

falls away and when I'm in my silent self I'm in somewhere where there's no self essentially it's some mysterious space where there's no thought of little Pico and his many concerns and there's just this wide openness to everything around me, which is always going to be more sustaining and more interesting than I am. And I found that that's one of the ways in which it's a great consolation.

There was a time early on when I was staying in the monastery when suddenly my father was rushed into the hospital at quite an early age and died. And it was the most busy time in my life because, as you said earlier, I had to look after my mother. I had to organize a memorial and the obituaries. I had to receive the condolence calls and inform the family.

There was a time early on when I was staying in the monastery when suddenly my father was rushed into the hospital at quite an early age and died. And it was the most busy time in my life because, as you said earlier, I had to look after my mother. I had to organize a memorial and the obituaries. I had to receive the condolence calls and inform the family.

There was a time early on when I was staying in the monastery when suddenly my father was rushed into the hospital at quite an early age and died. And it was the most busy time in my life because, as you said earlier, I had to look after my mother. I had to organize a memorial and the obituaries. I had to receive the condolence calls and inform the family.

But one day when I made sure that my mother was looked after for the day, I thought the best thing I can do is drive three and a half hours north along this winding road and just sit on a monastery bench for two hours and be reminded of everything that's not so mortal.

But one day when I made sure that my mother was looked after for the day, I thought the best thing I can do is drive three and a half hours north along this winding road and just sit on a monastery bench for two hours and be reminded of everything that's not so mortal.

But one day when I made sure that my mother was looked after for the day, I thought the best thing I can do is drive three and a half hours north along this winding road and just sit on a monastery bench for two hours and be reminded of everything that's not so mortal.

The huge ocean, the tolling bells in the distance, tolling as they've been tolling for a thousand years, the cliffs behind me, even the mountain lions, this landscape that's much larger than the human, I'm not going to be here forever. This landscape is going to be enduring for a long, long time.

The huge ocean, the tolling bells in the distance, tolling as they've been tolling for a thousand years, the cliffs behind me, even the mountain lions, this landscape that's much larger than the human, I'm not going to be here forever. This landscape is going to be enduring for a long, long time.

The huge ocean, the tolling bells in the distance, tolling as they've been tolling for a thousand years, the cliffs behind me, even the mountain lions, this landscape that's much larger than the human, I'm not going to be here forever. This landscape is going to be enduring for a long, long time.

And when we deal with impermanence and losing people and things that we love, being reminded of what outlasts our hopes and our lives somehow was very consoling. And so it was right that just being in the presence of that much larger landscape for two hours was the best medicine I could think of when dealing with the busy time of my father's death.

And when we deal with impermanence and losing people and things that we love, being reminded of what outlasts our hopes and our lives somehow was very consoling. And so it was right that just being in the presence of that much larger landscape for two hours was the best medicine I could think of when dealing with the busy time of my father's death.

And when we deal with impermanence and losing people and things that we love, being reminded of what outlasts our hopes and our lives somehow was very consoling. And so it was right that just being in the presence of that much larger landscape for two hours was the best medicine I could think of when dealing with the busy time of my father's death.

And I think that part of us that listens is much deeper and more interesting than that part of us that speaks.

And I think that part of us that listens is much deeper and more interesting than that part of us that speaks.

And I think that part of us that listens is much deeper and more interesting than that part of us that speaks.