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"In the point of rest at the center of our being, we encounter a world where all things are at rest in the same way. Then a tree becomes a mystery, a cloud a revelation, each man a cosmos of whose riches we can only catch glimpses. The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable." - ? Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings

Our age equates busyness with productivity, but fails at the transcendence that occurs with rest and meditation. What practices do you utilize to find rest?

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The prayer and meditation and study and actions that are a part of my faith in God serve this function in my life.

Finding peace and rest when you are alone is a like a gift just to you. Even one person can change/diminish/distract from your unwrapping it for yourself.

Finding peace and rest as you walk joyfully through the frantic rat-race we currently call life, is like a gift to everyone. But it is a gift you leave for each person to unwrap or overlook, as they wish it. And a multitude all unwrapping it at the same time would in no way diminish the blessing.

Time of rest and peace alone are important. Many of our greatest leaders/visionaries have extolled them AND partaken of them.
But this personal gift is perhaps destined to die shortly after its birth unless it is allowed to walk out into a world in desperate need of this child of peace and rest.

When I try to sit still, my brain seems to shift into a different drive.

I prefer to find my peace through activity. Not the kind of activity that requires significant concentration. The kind that can be done on autopilot (like walking) but adding the focus of concentrated observation.

The centre point seems easier to be in when I am in that mode.

I sleep.

"The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable."

This, is a warning to the simple minded, that simplicity is not sparsity.

I breathe.

I'm gonna dwell on what you have put forth for a minute before my response. Thank you for posting!

I meditate. And I look back fondly on some wonderful psychedelic experiences.

My inner peace or the simple matter of having a clear mind and a sense of happiness is often elusive. I agree with our age is focused on too much on move, move, move..once in a while though the moons align...and boom...there ya go. I think Music helps me...alcohol does too lol

MicahLaRae

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I sleep.

SaveAmerica

"The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable."

This, is a warning to the simple minded, that simplicity is not sparsity.

I breathe.

drbeavis

I'm gonna dwell on what you have put forth for a minute before my response. Thank you for posting!

anotherdeadhero

I meditate. And I look back fondly on some wonderful psychedelic experiences.

subcpo

My inner peace or the simple matter of having a clear mind and a sense of happiness is often elusive. I agree with our age is focused on too much on move, move, move..once in a while though the moons align...and boom...there ya go. I think Music helps me...alcohol does too lol

Michael7843853

Meditation is like sleep. We need it. It is beneficial. But it isn't living. Was Dag on shrooms?

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"The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable."This, is a warning to the simple minded, that simplicity is not sparsity.I breathe.

I'm gonna dwell on what you have put forth for a minute before my response. Thank you for posting!

I meditate. And I look back fondly on some wonderful psychedelic experiences.

My inner peace or the simple matter of having a clear mind and a sense of happiness is often elusive. I agree with our age is focused on too much on move, move, move..once in a while though the moons align...and boom...there ya go. I think Music helps me...alcohol does too lol

Meditation is like sleep. We need it. It is beneficial. But it isn't living. Was Dag on shrooms?

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"The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable."

This, is a warning to the simple minded, that simplicity is not sparsity.

I breathe.