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‘Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in
fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a
clock during a thunderstorm’.

-Robert Louis Stevenson

In order for me to attain a quiet mind, which I have found to be a glorious
state in which to remain, I need to practice Silence, Solitude and
Meditation. A quiet mind does not simply arrive becasue I want it to.

But when I enter into Silence, accompanied by God, I find my busy mind
begins to unravel, and I begin to move about more slowly and at a more
consciously even pace. As I refrain from speaking, and move into a place
without noise (I may turn off the T.V., or move from the company and
conversation of others into a room on my own), here in this place I begin to quieten down. I find my true centre, and am able to tap into that deep well (which is inside all of us) which contains the wisdom and insight I need.

When I place myself in Solitude for some hours, I find myself noticing my
environment and I begin to see things in nature that had previously eluded
me. I might see an intricate spider’s web, or notice a new bud on our
camellias, and as I do, I begin to absorb beauty in new ways. Solitude
provides for me a way to quieten my mind because instead of talking and
involvement, I am detached and free from the busy-ness around me. This
enables me to see the Divine in things around me, and become aware yet again of the ever – presence of God which calls me onwards.

And when I elect to specifically Meditate upon God, I find my mind empties
itself from the clutter that has been entangling it, and begins to fill with
gifts from God – peace, tranquility,gentleness, and I achieve for a time
that quiet mind of which Stephenson speaks. Here, together with my God, I
discover a new generosity welling up from within me, fresh love for myself
and others, and a new sense of the harmony and cyclic nature of life.

A quiet mind is a non-dualistic state of serenity for me. In this state new
life abounds from within. I am free ‘to love and serve the world’.

(C). 2010. Christine M. Jones.

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