1.0Mindfulness Mattershttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/mindfulnessmattersDr. Arnie Kozakhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/mindfulnessmatters/author/akozakQuietude Lost - Mindfulness Mattersrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="72Sx07jW2y"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/mindfulnessmatters/2012/12/quietude-lost.html">Quietude Lost</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/mindfulnessmatters/2012/12/quietude-lost.html/embed#?secret=72Sx07jW2y" width="600" height="338" title="“Quietude Lost” — Mindfulness Matters" data-secret="72Sx07jW2y" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Tim Krieder wrote an opinion in a recent New York Times Sunday Review (17 November 2012) called the Quiet Ones about the Quiet Car on Amtrack. His observations are prescient. We have lost quiet in our world and we have also lost the civility that supports quiet. He notes how one individual puts her phone…http://blog.beliefnet.com/mindfulnessmatters/files/2012/12/quietcar_anim1-300x200.gif