Inner silence is much more than meditation. It is a way of life that permeates everything. Even in life’s daily battles and the ups and downs of relationships with partners, family, friends, and work, inner silence brings a quality that is as powerful as it is hard to define. It springs from a deeply internalized and deeply felt knowledge that life is awesome, magnificent, and priceless, while it is also unimportant and equal to everything else. Letting oneself become convinced that this apparent contradiction is supremely functional brings a quiet sense of freedom and joy. It allows us to love people and places and things without clinging. It allows us to embody the awareness that everything is temporary and that life’s value derives from the fact that it will not last.

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