Making Room for Quiet

Reflection

The verse begins, “If a man's thoughts are unsteady, if he does not know the true law, if his….” In its chapter, this image points toward the restless mind and its capacity to be trained. It locates the turning point before outward action, in the quality of attention you repeatedly cultivate. Because this is a historic English translation, test the teaching in experience rather than treating its wording as a demand for belief.