This – the immediate, everyday, and present experience – is IT, the entire and ultimate point for the existence of a universe. Alan Watts

Silence is a spiritual act rather than a psychological state…Sardello

It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work 

and when we no longer know which way to go, 

we have begun our real journey. 

The mind that is not baffled is not employed. 

The impeded stream is the one that sings.

Wendell Berry

God seems to have hidden holiness and wholeness in a secret place where only the humble will find it. Rohr

Hugging Meditation

1. Begin by taking a few moments to look at the other person and realize how dear they are to you.

2. Take three breaths, just looking at the other person and feeling their true presence.

3. As you open your arms to hug the other person, breathe consciously and hug with all your body, mind and heart. “Breathing in, I know my dear one is here in my arms, alive. Breathing out, s/he is so precious to me.”

from Thich Nhat Hanh’s introduction to Beginning Anew by Sister Chan Khong