True prayer requires no word, no chant no gesture, no sound. It is communion, calm and still with our own godly Ground. (Angelus Silesius)

True prayer requires no word, no chant no gesture, no sound. It is communion, calm and still with our own godly Ground.

Angelus Silesius

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