There are four prisons in life…

Warmth, light, pleasure and sound.

Every human being is to some extent stuck in these phenomena.

Not for nothing do most people dislike their opposites.

Not from cold, not from dark, not from pain and not from silence.

Life consists largely of avoiding the above.

Lampposts and lights in the house, warm clothes and were shower, comfortable furniture and television and music.

We’re trapped without even realizing it.

Because it has become normal.

After all, everyone’s a prisoner…

But what would happen if you got out of this prison?

Which, by the way, the doors are open…

What would happen if the cold were your friend?

When you lose your fear of the darkness around you and the darkness within yourself?

If you were less pain-averse and pleasure-seeking?

If you would find the silence within yourself… and keep it.

You can train yourself in all these areas.

Not that you have to live permanently in a cold, dark, silent cave

But freeing yourself from the prisons of heat, light, pleasure and sound helps you to no longer depend on them.

So that you can enjoy it and be free of it at the same time.

It is a process of practice and training that is so rewarding….

Read more about it in my book Rest! In which I discuss these prisons and describe what you can do to get out.

X Robert

Rest. Secret recipe for quality of life

Life is getting busier and busier. More and more stimuli, information and things that demand your attention. Smartphones, media, deadlines. In a week, you will receive as much information as you would have received in a lifetime a hundred years ago. It’s clear that the hustle and bustle is at the expense of something. Having something on your mind all the time is detrimental to your quality of life. To unwind you go on holiday, perhaps to a faraway place, but is that really necessary? What if you could experience peace here and now? When you’re busy, but you don’t have to worry anymore? You understand how your brain and nervous system work and you have the right techniques to experience more peace? And how do they actually provide peace and quiet within Google? This book teaches you to integrate peace into your life in order to live more relaxed, more intensely and more consciously.