Day 35, April 3. Monica took pity on me and graciously paid for a flight for me to Sicily, instead of my having to take an all-night train. That was so nice of her! Wow, coming into Catania and Belpasso, … Continue reading →
“Wisdom can be as subtle and tiny as ‘You’d better check the time‘ or as profound as having an intuition that saves one’s life, and beyond. The question is always, are we listening to it, or to our habitual voice? … Continue reading →
“Peace in the world begins with peace within, and peace within automatically exists before thought.”
It’s not what we do that is most important to our well-being; it’s our state of mind in which we do it, and we can be in almost any state of mind and be doing the same thing.
The pathway to love, peace of mind and wisdom is to realize that the only way we cannot experience those is by thinking otherwise. Therefore, a calm mind—a mind not filled with extraneous thoughts—is the pathway.