Without the silence that follows the chants, you get only half the story. It’s like the climax of a good story. The silence is there because it exists in the music. It just needs to be exposed and acknowledged. It’s so easy to overlook the silence inside the music… and it’s that which is healing…
Leslie Davis writes, “On a recent personal retreat, I hiked into Horn Canyon in the east end of Ojai, California. Due to the severe drought, it had been years since water had flowed alongside the trail there, but now I was delighted to cross the creek a few times, jumping from rock to rock. My…
Thich Nhat Hanh writes, “Our true home is not in the past. Our true home is not in the future. Our true home is in the here and the now. Life is available only in the here and the now, and it is our true home. Mindfulness is the energy that helps us recognize the…
Understanding the difference between a calling and ego ambition Satish Kumar says, “A calling is something which you feel in your deepest soul … not from the brain, not from thinking, not from ideas … you just feel it in your deep heart.” “In order to practice spirituality, you don’t have to forsake the world,…
“Be still. The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” — Ram Das
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