Chapter 5 - Peace Is Selective
from Cultivating Inner Peace by Paul R. Fleischman, M.D.
"In Part II, I discussed the dynamic quality of peace, the action of returning, like a compass needle to the north. Selecting peace is different, more like writing a song. You quell the sounds of the traffic around you, and a halting tune emerges. If you let it rise and expand, but at the same time contain it, you may happen upon the invisible coherence of melody, which then flows like a stream, bounded and directional. Melody isn’t merely pretty sound, but an organized, integrated channel. You have to push aside distraction—not just noise, but even tangential charm—in order to hear a melody ripple downhill within you."
Dr. Paul Fleischman
Massachusetts, USA
2020
7.5 minutes
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Copyright, 2020 Paul R. Fleischman
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