Stillness
Like a clock during a thunderstorm
Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm. – Robert Louis Stevenson
The temple of our purest thoughts
The temple of our purest thoughts is silence. – Sarah J. Hale
Blessings dropping their blossoms
But listen to me: For one moment, quit being sad. Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you. God. – Rumi
All is the Self
What exists in truth is the Self alone. The world, the individual soul and God are appearances in it. Like silver in mother-of-pearl, these three appear at the same time and disappear at the same time. The Self is that where there is absolutely no ‘I-thought’. That is called ‘Stillness’. The Self itself is the…
Returning to the root
Things flourish, then each returns to its root. Returning to the root is called stillness: Stillness is called return to life, return to life is called the constant; knowing the constant is called enlightenment. – Lao Tzu
The core of God
To get at the core of God at his greatest, one must first get to the core of himself at his least, for no one can know God who has not first known himself. This core is a simple stillness, which is unmoved itself but by whose immobility all things are moved and all receive…
We can return to it
Within each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it. – Jack Kornfield
Don’t sit still
If you’re afraid of being grabbed by God, don’t look at a wall. Definitely don’t sit still. – Jiyu Kennett