The Brain Does Not Manufacture Thoughts Unless

Mindfulness Gives You Time. Time Gives You Choices. Choices, Skillfully Made, Lead To Freedom. You Don't Have To Be Swept Away By Your Feeling. You Can Respond With Wisdom And Kindness Rather Than Habit And Reactivity.

You Can't Ever Get Everything You Want. It Is Impossible. Luckily, There Is Another Option: You Can Learn To Control Your Mind, To Step Outside Of The Endless Cycle Of Desire And Aversion.

Watch The Functioning Of Your Own Mind In A Calm And Detached Manner So You Can Gain Insight Into Your Own Behavior.

Prayer And Contemplation Are Both Exercises In Concentration. The Normal Deluge Of Conscious Thought Is Restricted And The Mind Is Brought To One Conscious Area Of Operation. The Results Are Those You Find In Any Concentrative Practice: Deep Calm, A Physiological Slowing Of The Metabolism And A Sense Of Peace And Wellbeing

Real Peace Comes Only When You Stop Chasing It. When You Relax Your Driving Desire For Comfort, Real Fulfillment Arises. When You Drop Your Hectic Pursuit Of Gratification, The Real Beauty Of Life Comes Out. When You Seek To Know The Reality Without Illusion, Complete With All Its Pain And Danger, That Is When Real Freedfom And Security Are Yours.