The Art of Slowing Down: Spiritual Timeouts
Stillness in the Storms
- Published
- March 10, 2025
- Duration
- 9:45
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Oct 11, 2026
Discusses health, mental, religion, society, culture.
Summary
Do you need an hour to reset, or would thirty seconds do it?Thich Nhat Hanh said smile, breathe and go slowly. I am hopeless at the going slowly. What I can do is use the small forced pauses. I left the phone at home to go and meet somebody, and I gave them my whole attention for the first time in ages. Alan Watts said muddy water is best cleared by leavi…
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Do you need an hour to reset, or would thirty seconds do it?Thich Nhat Hanh said smile, breathe and go slowly. I am hopeless at the going slowly. What I can do is use the small forced pauses. I left the phone at home to go and meet somebody, and I gave them my whole attention for the first time in ages. Alan Watts said muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. You do not have to clear it. You just have to stop stirring for a moment.One thing to try: At the next door handle, stand still fo
Themes
- health
- mental
- religion
- society
- culture