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• Silence is an eloquence where words die.
- Sri K. C. Narayana
• "Silence is God's first language; everything else is a poor translation. In order to hear that language, we must learn to be still and rest in God." — Invitation to Love
• "Meditation - You have the right to remain silent."
• An act of meditation is actually an act of faith--of faith in your spirit, in your own potential. Faith is the basis of meditation. Not of faith in something outside you--a metaphysical buddha, an unattainable ideal, or someone else's words. The faith is in yourself, in your own "buddha-nature." You too can be a buddha, an awakened being that lives and responds in a wise, creative, and compassionate way. -Martine Batchelor, "Meditation for Life"
• Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
• Words are the shell, meditation the kernel. Words are the body of the prayer, and meditation its spirit. - Bahya, Hobot HaLebabot, 1040
• We should always remember that meditation is the cultivation and practice of nonattachment. The Buddha taught only the middle way, and mindfulness is nothing but the middle way. It is neither an intense practice, nor can it be done without effort. It must be done with balance. Properly done, it is neither detached pushing away nor egoistic clinging. Be very careful about sitting down with ideas like, "I am sitting, I am
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