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About this quote

What does it mean?
The line describes a profound quietness that emerges from deep within a person's spirit.
In plain terms
A deep silence comes from inside a person.
What can you take from it?
True silence comes from within.

Where it applies

  • meditation
  • personal reflection
  • spiritual practice

Putting it to work

  • meditation prompt
  • poetry writing

Questions to consider

  • What does silence feel like to you?
  • How do you find inner silence?

Another view

It is highly abstract and subjective.

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