Body Quote by Bernadette Roberts

“When one is perfectly still-mind and body, silent and alone-there is no personality to speak of, thus personality is one's unique way of expression, it is what others see and know of us, nothing more or deeper than that.”

Bernadette Roberts

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The truest communication with God is absolute, total silence; there is not a single word in existence that can convey this communication.

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...a point is reached where the self is so completely aligned with the still-point that it can no longer be moved, even in its…

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In some ways, all our experiences of God are beyond belief, because all conceptual beliefs pale when compared to the experiential reality.

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