Meditation Changes Your Character.

Ignorance May Be Bliss, But It Does Not Lead To Liberation.

Prayer And Contemplation Are Both Exercises In Concentration. The Normal Deluge Of Conscious Thought Is Restricted And The Mind Is Brought To One Conscious Area Of Operation. The Results Are Those You Find In Any Concentrative Practice: Deep Calm, A Physiological Slowing Of The Metabolism And A Sense Of Peace And Wellbeing

Real Peace Comes Only When You Stop Chasing It. When You Relax Your Driving Desire For Comfort, Real Fulfillment Arises. When You Drop Your Hectic Pursuit Of Gratification, The Real Beauty Of Life Comes Out. When You Seek To Know The Reality Without Illusion, Complete With All Its Pain And Danger, That Is When Real Freedfom And Security Are Yours.

The Present Moment Is Changing So Fast That We Often Do Not Notice Its Existence At All. Every Moment Of Mind Is Like A Series Of Pictures Passing Through A Projector. Some Of The Pictures Come From Sense Impressions. Others Come From Memories Of Past Experiences Or From Fantasies Of The Future.

You Can't Ever Get Everything You Want. It Is Impossible. Luckily, There Is Another Option: You Can Learn To Control Your Mind, To Step Outside Of The Endless Cycle Of Desire And Aversion.