{"id":8485,"date":"2020-11-17T15:38:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T15:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?p=8485"},"modified":"2020-11-17T15:38:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T15:38:35","slug":"meet-a-coauthor-of-freedom-for-all-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/blog\/meet-a-coauthor-of-freedom-for-all-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet a Coauthor of . . . Freedom for All of Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Author<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alexandre Jollien is a philosopher and writer who spent 17 years in a home for the physically disabled. His books include In Praise of Weakness<\/em>. He lives in Switzerland. For more, visit alexandre-jollien.ch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Freedom<\/p>\n

The Book<\/strong><\/p>\n

With their acclaimed book In Search of Wisdom<\/em>, three gifted friends\u2014a monk, a philosopher, and a psychiatrist\u2014shed light on our universal quest for meaning, purpose, and understanding. Now, in this new in-depth offering, they invite us to tend to the garden of our true nature: freedom<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Filled with unexpected insights and specific strategies, Freedom for All of Us<\/em><\/a> presents an inspiring guide for breaking free of the unconscious walls that confine us.<\/p>\n

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Translated from the original responses in French.<\/em><\/p>\n

What is one unexpected thing or habit that inspires your writing practice? Is there a<\/strong><\/p>\n

playlist or album you listen to?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Sils<\/p>\n

Meditation really opens me up to write. Walking too. Above is a photo of me walking in Sils Maria, Switzerland, where Friedrich Nietzsche lived at one time. However, in my eyes, writing is never systematic [or methodical]. It\u2019s not a [mere] technique. A writer has to render themself available to messages that come\u2014in some sense\u2014from beyond. Conversations with friends, explorations into the mundane, family life, the readings of the great thinkers, the practice of Zazen \u2026 all these things feed my desire to pick up my pen again. I write, or rather I dictate my writings, in silence. However, sometimes I do enjoy techno music, which keeps me going and wards off anything that could poison an idea I have; \u201cthe sad passions\u201d as the philosopher, Baruch Spinoza, called them.<\/p>\n

Send us a photo of you and your pet (and let us know if your pet had any role in helping you write your book)!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Grisette\"<\/p>\n

We have a little hamster at home, Grisette, who is our children\u2019s little darling. For me, he embodies peace and a certain serenity. When I look at him, I see a being that isn\u2019t deep in denial and agitated. [Although] sometimes, when he frolics on his hamster wheel, I have the impression that he\u2019s reminding me that my mind, too, can often run in [unnecessary] circles \u2026<\/p>\n

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If there is a book that started your spiritual journey, what was it? How old were you, and<\/strong><\/p>\n

how did you discover it? How would you describe its impact?<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I was a child, I didn\u2019t enjoy reading and I thought that wisdom was reserved for the elite. I considered culture to be so far removed from everyday problems that I avoided it completely. One day, I accompanied a friend into a bookstore. While I was waiting for her, I flipped through pages from books by Plato and Aristotle. The book [that made an impact] was L’\u00e9tonnement philosophique<\/em> [\u201cPhilosophic Wonder\u201d] by Jeanne Hersch, which traces the history of Western thought. In my adolescence, that book gave me a great foundation, a benchmark, a marker, a starting point. It\u2019s an admirable book. Afterwards, I really fell into reading the greats, like Plato, Spinoza, Nietzsche, Epictetus, all of which still inspire me today. I was 14 years old then, and reading had changed my life.<\/p>\n

Below are portraits [of some of my favorite philosophers and spiritual teachers] painted by my son, Augustin.<\/p>\n

\"portraits\"<\/p>\n

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Learn More<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sounds True<\/a> | Amazon<\/a> | Barnes & Noble<\/a> | Bookshop<\/a> | IndieBound<\/a><\/p>\n

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