Untangled:
Contemplation And Entanglement
by
Henry J. Sienkiewicz
Author Fun Facts
Author Fun Facts
1. Favorite Author:
For thoughtful
works: Thomas Merton;
For light works
(guilty pleasure): Clive Clussler
2. Favorite Book:
Meditations by
Marcus Aurelius
3. Favorite Movie:
Two: The Mission,
and Les Uns et Les Autres
4. Preferred Drink:
Home roasted coffee
or a French white burgundy
5. Favorite
Activity:
Reading
6. One thing readers
would be surprised to know about you.:
I don’t get to
travel nearly as much as I would like
7. Actor/actress you
see playing your main character in your book.
Since the main
character is me, Keanu Reeves
8. Night owl or
early bird:
Early bird
9. Favorite dinner.:
I’m a farm to
table guy, so almost anything fresh and local. I do have a guilty
pleasure of Peking duck.
10.
Using the letters of your first name as an acronym, describe your
book.
Can
I use the French version of my name?
H: Holistic
E: Engaging
N: Nuanced
R: Respectful of the reader
I:
Insightful
Wonderful! I loved the description, epescially R. I've never had Peking Duck, so I don't know what I'm missing lol. Thanks so much for stopping in Henry!
About The Author
Henry
J. Sienkiewicz has served in multiple positions within the United
States Federal Senior Executive Service since 2008. His previous
commercial experience was as the founder and chief executive officer
for Open Travel Software, an award-winning software developer focused
on the global travel community, and in the chief information officer
role at three technology companies. He or his companies have
been the recipient of multiple awards for innovations or achievement
in the technology industry. He retired as a United States Army
Reserve lieutenant colonel in July 2008.
Henry holds a bachelor of arts from the University of Notre Dame and a master of science from Johns Hopkins University. He is also a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College.
In 2006, he completed and published his first book, Centerlined, which dealt with interpersonal and organizational dynamics.
Henry resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Henry holds a bachelor of arts from the University of Notre Dame and a master of science from Johns Hopkins University. He is also a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College.
In 2006, he completed and published his first book, Centerlined, which dealt with interpersonal and organizational dynamics.
Henry resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Genre:
Practical Philosophy/Self-help
Release
Date: April 2013
In a social media-centric, Twitter-driven world we live, the complexity created by the entanglements has caused an overload Called a Walden for the Internet Age, Untangled draws from the rich traditions of both Eastern and Western philosophy to tease apart the hyper-connected web of the modern world and challenges the reader to recognize and embrace contemplation as a way cope.
Through a highly approachable framework and the imagery of a journey through the heartland of Taiwan, Untangled provides the reader with the background of entanglement and contemplation, and identifies and discusses the three pillars of contemplation - silence, stillness and solitude. The book closes with a series of actions that allow anyone to untangled through active contemplation in daily life.
In a social media-centric, Twitter-driven world we live, the complexity created by the entanglements has caused an overload Called a Walden for the Internet Age, Untangled draws from the rich traditions of both Eastern and Western philosophy to tease apart the hyper-connected web of the modern world and challenges the reader to recognize and embrace contemplation as a way cope.
Through a highly approachable framework and the imagery of a journey through the heartland of Taiwan, Untangled provides the reader with the background of entanglement and contemplation, and identifies and discusses the three pillars of contemplation - silence, stillness and solitude. The book closes with a series of actions that allow anyone to untangled through active contemplation in daily life.
Excerpt:
UNTANGLED
A Big Ball of Twine
We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.
—Jean Toomer
As we reached the first stopping point, we opened
our packs and found chaos. The ropes that we had neatly packed were
completely jumbled. The gear we had carefully stowed had been shifted
around; it was an unrecognizable mess.
The jostling and shifting from the simple movement
of the journey caused our coils of rope to transform from a neat roll
to an entangled mess. We thought that we had taken care to pack them;
the journey ensured that we had a mess to deal with.
Our mental backpacks are similar. Sometimes,
regardless of the care we have taken, our world becomes a completely
entangled mess in ways that we had not expected. Our journey ensures
that we have a mess to deal with.
Many writers have used the terms connected
and hyperconnected to describe our current state. I think that
the term entanglement is more reflective of the state of our
condition.
Connection implies that there has been an encounter
but does not imply that the relationship is persistent. As will be
discussed later, entanglement means two or more “things” have
formed some type of permanent bond. This permanent bond is why I
think that the term entanglement is more expressive of our actual
condition.
Entanglement has many layers and many textures. It
may be accidental or intentional. Entanglement may be in ways that
may or may not be are attractive. Entanglement may or may not have
relevancy to our lives. Entanglement may or may not have real
meaning.
Entanglement may be the vines that catch your feet.
Or it may be the limbs that brush your arms. Or it could be the rope
that safely holds you onto the mountain.
Contemplation lets us mentally sort through the mess
of entanglement that we all carry with us and allows us to repack
meaningfully.
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