A Quiet Joy

A wise person is one who has ceased investing in the desire for peace and happiness in the content of experience and has come to rest in the depths of their own being. When we come to rest in the depths of our own being, this is the essence of meditation or prayer. The silent presence of awareness, compared to the colourful content of experience, is the beloved for which we long. This silent presence in the background of experience may seem, at first, to be neutral with respect to experience but if we abide there, it begins to reveal that its nature is peace and, in time, it is a quiet joy. This search for peace and happiness in the content of experience begins to wind down, and we are increasingly reluctant to leave the peace of our true nature. We begin to be established there as that background; we begin to live as that.

From event 16 September, 2021 Webinar – Thursday 16th September 4:00pm, UK

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