{"id":47086,"date":"2026-10-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=47086"},"modified":"2026-10-09T10:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T17:07:04","slug":"book-freak-227-the-perfume-of-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/book-freak-227-the-perfume-of-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Freak #227: The Perfume of Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Get The Perfume of Silence<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Perfume of Silence<\/em> is a collection of dialogues between nonduality teacher Francis Lucille and his students that points directly to the consciousness underlying all experience and shows how recognizing it dissolves psychological suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Core Principles<\/strong>
<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You Are Not the Body-Mind<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Are you your thoughts, sensations, and perceptions? Or are you the awareness in which they appear? Lucille says we are the open, borderless consciousness that witnesses these changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have always been this consciousness, this presence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcoming Whatever Arises<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Instead of fighting unwanted thoughts or chasing pleasant states, Lucille recommends welcoming whatever arises, including fear, boredom, and restlessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe should be present to the totality of whatever arises in consciousness, instead of focusing on something that we want to get rid of.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happiness Is Your Nature, Not a Goal<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We spend our lives pursuing happiness as though it were something external to acquire. Lucille says it\u2019s always present when we stop covering it with mental agitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKnow that your happiness is not in the next situation, in the next object, but that the next situation or object is simply a celebration of this happiness that we already are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ordinary Is Sacred<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Awakening shows up in the most ordinary moments, like drinking tea, walking, or listening to a friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust stick to the ordinary circumstances without labeling them ordinary. Be open to them with no desire to change them in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Try It Now<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. Close your eyes and notice whatever appears \u2014 sounds, sensations, thoughts. Ask yourself: \u201cWhat is aware of all this?\u201d Then rest your attention on awareness itself, the open space in which everything appears.<\/li>
  2. The next time you feel an uncomfortable emotion \u2014 irritation, anxiety, boredom \u2014 instead of reacting or analyzing, say to yourself, \u201cYou are welcome here.\u201d Notice what happens to the emotion when you stop resisting it.<\/li>
  3. Choose a mundane activity you do every day without paying much attention\u2014making coffee, washing dishes, walking to your car. Do it with full attention. Notice whether the activity, stripped of the label \u201cordinary,\u201d reveals a quiet aliveness you might otherwise ignore.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Quote<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cThere is no freedom at the level of the body-mind. There is absolute freedom at the level of consciousness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n\n\n\n

    Book Freak is published by Cool Tools Lab, a small company of three people. We also run\u00a0Recomendo<\/a>, the\u00a0Cool Tools website<\/a>, a\u00a0YouTube channel<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0podcast<\/a>, and other newsletters, including\u00a0Recomendo Deals<\/a>,\u00a0Gar\u2019s Tips & Tools<\/a>,\u00a0Nomadico<\/a>,\u00a0What\u2019s in my NOW?<\/a>,\u00a0Tools for Possibilities<\/a>,\u00a0Books That Belong On Paper<\/a>, and\u00a0Book Freak<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A nonduality teacher\u2019s dialogues on finding the freedom that is always already here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47588,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[76],"tags":[2397],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47086"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47086"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47089,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47086\/revisions\/47089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}