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Quote by Peter Matthiessen
In this very breath that we now take lies the secret that all grea

In this very breath that we now take lies the secret that all great teachers try to tell us. – Peter Matthiessen

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The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at extraordinary times, to be of the present, nothing-but-in-the-present, to bear this mindfulness of now into each event of ordinary life. – Peter Matthiessen

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Fear is excitement without the breath. – Fritz Perls

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Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again. – L. Frank Baum

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Walking through the house at night is wonderful to me; a symphony of breath, each person a separate instrument as they collectively breathe in time to the metronome of life itself. – Edwin Leap, www.edwinleap.com

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We too should make ourselves empty, that the great soul of the universe may fill us with its breath. – Laurence Binyon

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