“Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.”
Right Speech
by Barbara O’Brien The moral discipline portion of the Buddhist Noble Eightfold Path is Right Speech, Right Action, and Right Livelihood. What does it mean to practice ‘Right Speech’? Is it something as simple as saying kind words and…
The Noble Eightfold Path
The Buddha’s practical instructions to reach the end of suffering Within the fourth noble truth is found the guide to the end of suffering: the noble eightfold path. The eight parts of the path to…
Unconditional Love
by Harold W. Becker The greatest power known to man is that of unconditional love. Through the ages, mystics, sages, singers and poets have all expressed the ballad and call to love. As humans, we have…
Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Thoughts will lead you in circles. Silence will bring you back to your centre.”
The Solitude Paradox
by Rachel Astarte Piccione “I have to be alone very often. I’d be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That’s how I refuel.” Audrey Hepburn What does solitude…
Silence of the Monks
SILENCE IS THE NEW LUXURY And it looks like it is a new trend sweeping the globe, promoting mindfulness and meditation as a counterweight to the hectic and noisy world we live in today. We…
Rumi
Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. When the ocean is searching for you, don’t walk into the language-river. Listen to the ocean, and bring your talky business to an end Traditional words are…
Thomas Carlyle
“Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.”
R.H. Barton
“Cultivate solitude as a place for paying attention”