Today I would like to introduce the book ‘Calm’ as part of the ‘Books and Authors’ series @ RR. The author is Michael Acton Smith. It is a book which is based on the mobile app by the same name. We can roughly label it as a workbook for the ideas presented in the mobile app. The book (along with the app) is pitched for the sleep-deprived and stressed human beings. I remember posting a note in this blog long back about the significance of sleep in the modern world.
Like Macbeth yearning for sleep, there are many sleep-deprived souls in our midst. How to sleep is only one area that is explored in the book.
The innocent sleep,
Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleeve of care,
The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course,
Chief nourisher in life's feast.
The book is part of a new self-help project which has a book, digital version of the book and the mobile app which contains audio clips and short videos. The book deals with mindfulness, relationships, workplace, happiness. The book begins with a beautiful quote - ‘Calm the mind and Change the World’. In the short introduction to the book, the creator talks about the need to develop a calm mindset for acting responsively rather than reactively. They say that attaining this state of calm is one of the greatest challenges of our times. The book is designed in the form of a journal in which the reader can add handwritten notes and jottings. The book heavily borrows from literature in terms of quotes from Wordsworth, William Shakespeare and even from music - George Harrison. If you are interested, you can check out the mobile app to experience 100 + guided meditations and life-changing master classes by world-renowned mindful experts like Pico Iyer and Elizabeth Gilbert. (The premium features are available only for subscribers)
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