If we cannot see the multitudinous splendor of light in every form when it is right before our eyes, then we have to be awakened, jolted out of complacency, cast down from the ivory tower, and buried under the black earth of all our materialistic fantasies. It’s quite a shock and painful. Fearing loss, fear will bind us to forms that have already collapsed and are dissolving. But light is there even in the darkness. At the point where one dies, at the point where one stops trying to assert the ego, at the point one gives up in despair, at the point where one says, “I yield. I give in,” then one finds the Divine within.
We believe profoundly in silence -- the sign of a perfect equilibrium.Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind and spirit.If you ask us: "What is silence?" we will answer: "It is the Great Mystery!"The holy silence is Great Spirit's voice!"If you ask: "What are the fruits of silence?" we will say: "They are self-control, true courage or endurance, patience, dignity, and reverence.Silence is the cornerstone of character.