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The Psalmist's advice, "Be still, and know that I am God," may be taken on one level--the mystical--as a reference to the ultimate state achieved intermittently in contemplation; but on another level--the philosophical--the reference can be carried even deeper. For here it is a continuous state achieved not by quietening the mind for half an hour but by emptying the mind for all time of agitation and illusion. Towards this end the cultivation of calmness amid all circumstances makes a weighty contribution.

-- Notebooks Category 24: The Peace within You > Chapter 2 : Be Calm > # 27