{"product_id":"the-taste-of-silence-bieke-vandekerckhove-9780814647738","title":"The Taste of Silence: How I Came to Be at Home with Myself","description":"At nineteen Bieke Vandekerckhove fell ill. The diagnosis was devastating: the fatal motor neuron disease ALS. Life expectancy: two to five years. So what did she do with the paltry bit of life that was left? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By force of circumstance she was led to Saint Lioba Convent in Egmond-Binnen. There she learned Benedictine spirituality and to pray the psalms, which influenced her life for good. Three years later she learned that her illness had gone into remission but that it could flare up again at any time. She has been living with ALS for twenty years now. She is married and has two assistants to help her as necessary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ten years ago she found the silence of Zen. This encounter also proved decisive. \u003ci\u003eThe Taste of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e reflects what she experienced, saw, and tasted in the stillness of life: \"Benedictine spirituality and Zen Buddhism became the two lungs through which I breathe.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bieke Vandekerckhove\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814647731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814647738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.29h x 5.34w x 0.14d","brand":"Bieke Vandekerckhove","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130138849535,"sku":"9780814647738","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6e25e499-28ec-41be-9c11-ece9a1fb30ed.jpg?v=1687467777","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-taste-of-silence-bieke-vandekerckhove-9780814647738","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}