There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub. ››There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer. ››Something magical has happened to me: like a dream when one feels frightened and creepy, and suddenly wakes up to the knowledge that no such terrors exist. I have wakened up. ››If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character.Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away. ››The secret is not to 'think' about thoughts, but to allow them to flow through the mind, while keeping your mind free of afterthoughts. ››As long as you cultivate stillness, you may enjoy peace, but whenever your mind is a little bit disturbed, deluded thoughts will set in again. ››Whatever you find yourself thinking, let that thought rise and settle, without any constraint. Don’t grasp at it, feed it, or indulge it; don’t cling to it and don’t try to solidify it. Neither follow thoughts nor invite them; be like the ocean looking at its own waves, or the sky gazing down on the clouds that pass through it. ››It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace. ››
