Meditation is a mysterious method of self-restoration.

It involves “shutting” out the outside world, and by that means sensing the universal “presence” which is, incidentally, absolute perfect peace.

It is basically an existential “time-out”—a way to “come up for a breath of air” out of the noisy clutter of the world.

But don’t be afraid …

A meditation can be as simple as taking a series of easy breaths, and slowly, gently counting to ten in your mind.

– Vera Nazarian –

…these poets here, you see, they are not of this world: let them live their strange life; let them be cold and hungry, let them run, love and sing …
… for they have their souls full of rhymes, rhymes which laugh and cry, which make us laugh or cry: Let them live …
– Arthur Rimbaud –