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- One of the first things to learn if you want to be a contemplative is to mind your own business. Nothing is more suspicious, in…
- Learn how to meditate on paper. Drawing and writing are forms of meditation. Learn how to contemplate works of art. Learn how to pray in…
- In general, it can be said that no contemplative life is possible without ascetic self-discipline. One must learn to survive without the habit-forming luxuries which…
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