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Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

–ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

a jhanas 

01. Detachment from the external world and a consciousness of joy and ease.

This is pathama jhana - Directed thought and evaluation, rapture and pleasure in the unification of the mind.

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Art is how we decorate space, music is how we decorate time. -Jean-Michel Basquiat, artist (22 Dec 1960-1988)

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Whether as palm branches gathered in Egypt in the celebration of Ra or wreaths for the Roman feast of Saturnalia, evergreens have long served as symbols of the perseverance of life during the bleakness of winter, and the promise of the Sun’s return.

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