We in the "developed" world seem to have many auditory strategies that insulate us from the presence of silence, simplicity, and solitude. When I return to Western culture after time in desert, mountain or forest, I discover how we have filled our world with a multiplicity of noises, a symphony of forgetfulness that keeps our won thoughts and realizations, feelings and intuitions out of audible range.


The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom (ed. 2007)


We in the developed world seem to have many auditory strategies that insulate us from the presence of silence, simplicity, and solitude. When I...

We in the developed world seem to have many auditory strategies that insulate us from the presence of silence, simplicity, and solitude. When I...

We in the developed world seem to have many auditory strategies that insulate us from the presence of silence, simplicity, and solitude. When I...

We in the developed world seem to have many auditory strategies that insulate us from the presence of silence, simplicity, and solitude. When I...