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one, in Life, is like Sky
in which storm winds and rain appear
while the Sky is not stormy or rainy
Sky is always calm, quiet
Presence is always the Stillness
for the movements coming and going
so Sky, or Presence, is not a state, positive or not,
Sky, or Presence, is simply always Itself
and does not change with the changes
so, quiet is not opposite disquiet
but, spiritually, is a stability of presence
stateless and, so, stable
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by moving within
to the Presence, one is gifted
the tranquility of Presence
this becomes felt as a subtle sense
sometimes becoming pronounced and
quickly receding to its more natural abode
and this quietness of being
is not merely outside
as though one is tempered
simply by placing oneself in a quiet place
a person distracted and noisy within
will be so even hiding alone deep in a cave
the solitude of the cave will only
heighten the unrest and urge one
to flee back into outer cacophony
(those of quiet are drawn to quiet
those of disquiet are drawn to disquiet)
yet
quiet outside
encourages quiet inside
while quiet inside
encourages quiet outside
quiet places cultivate quietness
quietness cultivates quiet places
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