It is the strongest thing to be
silent. Noise is emptiness, weakness, inefficiency. Silence is the law
of greatness; noise the breaking of the law.
=DEVELOP YOUR POWER TO REST:= That person is wise who knows how
to rest. It is a powerful thing to rest successfully. Over-fed
persons, or animals, do not rest, they are stupefied. Rest is filling
your capacities with energy. "Sleep knits up the ravelled sleeve of
care," or it should. Rest is relaxing the nerves and muscles. Rest is
reconstructing broken down cellular tissues. Rest is restringing the
harp of the senses, retuning the rhythmic harmonies of the spirit.
Rest lets down the tension. When you sit down, let what you sit on
hold you. When you lie down, do not try to hold yourself on the bed.
Rest is the opposite of labor. Rest is recreation. Rest with sleep
is a divine restorative. When you cannot rest, or sleep, you are
expending energy without production. Try this little code for rest
and sleep: "My mind is empty, my soul is at rest." Repeat it with your
eyes closed and your body relaxed. Say it just as you would imagine
the swing of the pendulum of an old fashion hall clock. I never knew
it to fail of inducing sleep. Never rest or sleep with light falling
on your eyes.
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