{"product_id":"the-quest-for-boredom-a-playful-reflective-and-spiritually-grounded-journey-into-stillness-9798905140228","title":"The Quest for Boredom: A playful, reflective, and spiritually grounded journey into stillness","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): W. Ali\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Staten House\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Staten House\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Growth - Happiness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are not bored. You are avoiding something.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is about that something.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Quest for Boredom is a playful, reflective, and quietly spiritual journey into the spaces most of us spend our lives running from -- the silence, the stillness, the undemanded moment that arrives uninvited and gets immediately filled with noise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is not a self-help book. It is not a guide. It does not have seven steps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the story of a father who gave his children toys instead of time, who slept at the office and called it ambition, who spent decades filling every gap with work until the gaps started asking inconvenient questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part philosophy, part neuroscience -- and entirely honest -- this book moves from children announcing they are bored, to elevators full of strangers, to Sufi wisdom about the long race, to what the brain actually does when you leave it alone for a moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt will not change your life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it might slow you down long enough to hear what has been trying to reach you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoredom is not the enemy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Staten House","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892738343063,"sku":"9798905140228","price":947.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798905140228.webp?v=1781188601","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-quest-for-boredom-a-playful-reflective-and-spiritually-grounded-journey-into-stillness-9798905140228","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}