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Retreat from the Day-to-Day Life

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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Silence as Practice: Presence, Purpose, and Death

Iyer explores retreats as a lifelong practice—solitude vs. loneliness, spiritual deepening, how silence reframes priorities, relationships, preparing for mortality, and examples from Leonard Cohen and the Dalai Lama.

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