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Listen To The Ancient Sound of Being
When Hawkins was a child, she longed to accompany her father on book tours, where he met other authors and read from his work to children. “I was so in awe of that,” she says, “and yet I knew how private he was.” Hawkins considers herself and her father to be similar in this way. “….When he was at home, Hawkins’s father sought uninterrupted quiet in which to concentrate. “I was aware of how my father went within… I’m the same… “You have to noise-cancel everyone out.”
— Alex Moshakis
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A monk decides to meditate alone…and goes to the middle of the lake, closes his eyes and begins to meditate.
After a few hours of unperturbed silence, he suddenly feels the blow of another boat hitting his. With his eyes still closed, he feels his anger rising and, when he opens his eyes, he is ready to shout at the boatman who dared to disturb his meditation.
But when he opened his eyes, he saw that it was an empty boat, not tied up, floating in the middle of the lake …
At that moment, the monk achieves self-realization and understands that anger is within him…
~Thich Nhat Hanh
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…Expect nothing. You will have your rewards — I swear to this — but you should never have expected them. Be…
