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Things I learned in a Monastery

Things I learned in a Monastery

How quiet becomes very loud when we practice silence

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Monastic life is a whole other way of living. It’s slow time converged with ancient time. Since the early days of the birth of the church, some have found church not within the walls, but in the desert—in far, away and remote places where their souls could sing and silence offered them the pathway to peace.

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