"Meditation is not to prevent escape problems or difficulties, it is not practiced as a way of escape, but to be strong enough to tackle the problems effectively. This must be calm, cool and firm. Hence we need to practice the art to stop us. When we learn to do this we will become calmer, our mind will become clear as the water becomes very transparent clay particles settle to the bottom. If we sit in silence, just breathing in and breathing out, develop inner strength, focus and clarity. So sit like a mountain, no wind will get knock it down. If you are able to sit for half an hour, enjoying the half-hour. If you can only do so for several minutes, enjoying those minutes. In any case we will be profitable. "
" Feeling peace. The art of living consciously, the Vietnamese Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh (Ed. Oniro, 1999).
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