Pay attention to the ordinary details of everyday things, this way you are expressing appreciation toward the living quality found in everything. This combination of mindfulness and appreciation connects us fully with reality and brings us joy.
We all have many voices, personalities, ambitions and tendencies within ourselves. The ability to distinguish between them and the ability to silence all the voices except the one in our heart is imperative if we are to reach a state of and a sense of well-being.
Settle your mind like the universe settles the stars in the night sky. Connecting your mind to this subtle origin, it will become calm and then it naturally expands. Ultimately your mind becomes as vast and immeasurable as the night sky.
In difficult times if you are unable to exert influence because the fundamentals are all wrong and fruitful activity is rendered impossible, do not accept dazzling offers to take part in public activity. Hide your work and withdraw into seclusion and wait for the times to change.
Quote: A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension. – Oliver Wendell Holmes