posted July 23, 2007 08:14 AM         

“We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget that the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it's all about.”

-- Joseph Campbell

The sages all say that the path to liberation is found in entering the stillness within. To experience that stillness, we need to be willing to regularly stop the activity for a while.

How do we do this in a busy life? We set our priorities. Perhaps it means giving up a TV program or using a coffee break to grab a few moments of solitude. Perhaps we have to ask our partner, relative or neighbour to give us 30 minutes of time away from the kids. If we really want something, we can make it happen.

"Learn to pause... or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you."

-- Doug King

posted July 23, 2007 10:02 AM         

We see people all the time, perhaps know someone who constantly has a cell phone attached to their ear. I often wonder too about- say my brother for instance, who works with his lover. Now these two will call each other 6, 7-10 times a day. And then go home to each other. This is not a budding romance in it's first stages.