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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

Buddhism Advises You Not To Implant Feelings That You Don’t Really Have Or Avoid Feelings That You Do Have. If You Are Miserable You Are Miserable; That Is The Reality, That Is What Is Happening, So Confront That. Look It Square In The Eye Without Flinching. When You Are Having A Bad Time, Examine That Experience, Observe It Mindfully, Study The Phenomenon And Learn Its Mechanics. The Way Out Of A Trap Is To Study The Trap Itself, Learn How It Is Built. You Do This By Taking The Thing Apart Piece By Piece. The Trap Can’t Trap You If It Has Been Taken To Pieces. The Result Is Freedom.

Civilization Changes Man On The Outside. Meditation Softens Him Within, Through And Through.

They Have No Power Over You. It's All A Show, A Deception. Your Urges Scream And Bluster At You; They Cajole; They Coax; They Threaten; But They Really Carry No Stick At All. You Give In Out Of Habit. You Give In Because You Never Really Bother To Look Beyond The Threat. It Is All Empty Back There. There Is Only One Way To Learn This Lesson, Though. The Words On This Page Won't Do It.

You Can Learn Not To Want What You Want, To Recognize Desires But Not Be Controlled By Them.